Matt Shaw, a Columbus native, is an author, editor, and columnist. The former executive editor of The Architects Newspaper, his writing has appeared in New York Times, The Guardian, Architectural Review, Domus, and Artforum. He teaches at several schools including Southern California Institute of Architecture and the University of Pennsylvania. Iwan Baan is a photographer whose work focuses on the intersection of architecture and the social fabric and has been published in books and periodicals internationally.
‘American Modern is an excellent book.’ – Archidose ‘Through Shaw’s extensive research, photographs by Iwan Baan and graphic design by Studio Lin, American Modern is an overdue tribute to Columbus’s architecture.’ – Bloomberg CityLab ‘A dynamic and thorough monograph shedding fresh light on the long-established experimental canvas that was this company town.’ – Wallpaper* ‘American Modern is a terrific handbook, and the photographic portfolios—shot by the formidable Iwan Baan—that bookend the lengthy essayistic passages place an emphasis on the everyday-ness of the featured buildings, showing them in the course of their quotidian operations.’ – Untapped Journal