Iwan Baan is considered one of the most important photographers of architecture and the built environment. In impressive images, he documents the growth of global megacities as well as traditional or informal buildings and the works of well-known contemporary architects, including Rem Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron, Kazuyo Sejima and Tatiana Bilbao. From October 2023 to March 2024, the Vitra Design Museum will dedicate the first comprehensive retrospective to the Dutch photographer. The exhibition “Iwan Baan. Moments of Architecture” presents a panorama of early 21st-century architecture in its urban and social contexts, and the people who live in it, with the photographer’s wide-ranging oeuvre…

Never before has a spiritual teacher explained the message of yoga in such an exciting and entertaining way. The Indian yoga master Sadhguru is a shining example for countless people. In The Wisdom of a Yogi, he describes his personal experiences and profound insights that have transformed his own life and consciousness. They are exemplary and have the power to sustainably support one’s own personal development. Numerous exercises – meditative and quite everyday – invite positive changes in our lives that will make us happier, more mindful and freer.

Shouldn’t the vacation season be the most beautiful time of the year? But far too often, one is already with the vacation planning in despair and one asks oneself quickly: “How should that be only in the vacation? Whether as a couple or family, it is always important to somehow satisfy everyone and in the end, someone with the needs or desires somehow falls by the wayside. But please, it doesn’t have to be like that on your next vacation! We take a look at the most beautiful dead end in the world. To Vorarlberg in Kleinwalsertal, there is the Naturhotel Chesa Valisa****s at 1,200 meters, a climate-neutral BIO hotel run in the 14th generation.

The Estonian Centre for Architecture will present the exhibition “Home Stage” www.homestage.ee/ curated by Aet Ader, Arvi Anderson, Mari Möldre (b210 Architects) for the Pavilion of Estonia at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (May 20th – November 26th, 2023)…

Under the motto “Deeds, not Words” coined by Emmeline Pankhurst, Viennese couture designer Katharina Reuschel presents her first Made-to-Measure collection in summer 2023. With the series consisting purely of natural organic fabrics, the founder of the eponymous Atelier Reuschel is making a conscious statement against mass production and at the same time presenting an ode to the versatility of the modern woman…