More than two thousand illustrations, many in color highlight an intriguing overview of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas's work, including his building designs, sketches, and shrewd commentary on modern art, architecture, and social conditions, in a new, low-priced edition of a critically acclaimed work
More than two thousand illustrations, many in color highlight an intriguing overview of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas's work, including his building de...
Throughout history, follies have been used as a provocation, a frivolous diversion or strategic place of madness and satire freed from the constraints of societal norms. This volume documents a series of eight newly commissioned follies forging links between everyday uses and political practice.
Throughout history, follies have been used as a provocation, a frivolous diversion or strategic place of madness and satire freed from the constraints...
Dutch architect, architectural theorist and urban thinker Rem Koolhaas (born 1944) has been a protagonist of the international architectural avant-garde since the 1970s; his numerous worldwide awards include the Pritzker Prize in 2000 for his lifetime achievement. Through a series of essays, this book interprets his many buildings and projects by drawing on Koolhaas' own theoretical oeuvre of polemics, manifestos, interviews, books such as Delirious New York and his so-called -design patents.- In these writings, Koolhaas articulates a design method that links theory and practice,...
Dutch architect, architectural theorist and urban thinker Rem Koolhaas (born 1944) has been a protagonist of the international architectural avant-gar...