Name: OMA/Rem Koolhaas
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ISBN: 9783035619812

Die wichtigsten Texte zu Rem Koolhaas / OMA Die Aktivitäten von Rem Koolhaas und seinen Mitarbeitern stießen bereits vor der Gründung des Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) im Jahr 1975 auf eine beträchtliche Resonanz. Inzwischen wird die Arbeit von OMA in vielen Sprachen der internationalen Architekturwelt beschrieben und gedeutet; gleichzeitig ist sein Werk auch von Koolhaas’ eigenen Worten überlagert. Das Buch versammelt erstmals rund 150 ausgewählte Interviews, Reportagen, Gespräche, Aufsätze, Leitartikel, Gutachten, Rezensionen, Briefe, Einführungen, Beurteilungen und Wettbewerbsberichte. Es eröffnet nicht nur eine frische und kritische Sicht auf die Produktion eines der wichtigsten zeitgenössischen Architekten, sondern ist auch als eine Geschichte der zeitgenössischen Debatte über Architektur und Stadt zu lesen. <UL> <LI>Die Rezeptionsgeschichte von OMA/Rem Koolhaas </LI> <LI>Auswahl der wichtigsten Texte zu OMA/Rem Koolhaas: mit über 100 Zeitschriftencovern illustriert </LI> <LI>Überblick über Begriffe, Ideen und Debatten, die von den 1970er-Jahren bis heute für den architektonischen Diskurs relevant sind </LI></UL>

The most incisive texts on Rem Koolhaas / OMA The activities of Rem Koolhaas and his staff were widely discussed even before the foundation of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1975. Today, many contributions on the work of OMA can be found in the international architectural press, including Koolhaas’ own writings. The book contains about 150 selected texts—interviews, feature articles, essays, lead articles, reviews, letters, introductions, appraisals, and competition reports that have been compiled for the first time. This compilation not only provides a fresh and critical view of the oeuvre of one the most important contemporary architects, but also represents an account of the debate on architectural and urban design in recent decades. <UL> <LI>The most incisive texts on the work of OMA/Rem Koolhaas, with many articles that have never before been translated into English </LI> <LI>An overview of notions, ideas, and debates in architectural discourse, theory, and criticism, from the 1970s until 2000, that remain relevant today </LI> <LI>Illustrated with more than 100 cover shoots </LI></UL>

The anthology shows that the critiques are sometimes more interesting to read than the texts written by Rem Koolhaas himself. For example, in "The Generic City" section of S,M,L,XL, the architect decries the idea that all cities look like airports. The anthology shows how critics responded to that assertion. Above all, the book shows that criticism between 1975 and 1995 was more tangible than it is today. Appearing on the cover of a magazine was a real accolade, and that’s why I included some of those covers in the first few pages of the book. I also wanted to remind readers that the opinion of intellectuals does count for something and does contribute positively to the debate in our society, at a time when Twitter sometimes seems to dominate the debate. One of architecture’s merits is that it prompts people to think about and take a moral stance on how society is developing. In that sense, Rem Koolhaas’s radical approach gave intellectuals constant food for thought, whether they were for him or against him. <A href="https://actu.epfl.ch/news/a-new-anthology-highlights-the-legacy-of-rem-koo-2/">https://actu.epfl.ch/news/a-new-anthology-highlights-the-legacy-of-rem-koo-2/</A>

Fondazione Prada; Maison à Bordeaux; zeitgenössischer Architekt; Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Metropolitan Architecture; contemporary architect; urban design; Bigness; Metabolism; Urbanism; CCTV; Seattle Central Library; Villa dall’Ava; Kunsthal Rotterdam; TVCC; Toyo Ito; Manhattanism; Functionalism; Deyan Sudjic; Michael Sorkin; Anthony Vidler; Rob Krier; Modernism; modern architecture

Individual architects and architectural firms

Architectural details, components and motifs

A Critical Reader from 'Delirious New York' to 'S,M,L,XL'

OMA/Rem Koolhaas

Christophe Van Gerrewey, Assistenzprofessor für Architekturtheorie an der ETH Lausanne, Redaktionsmitglied von OASE und De Witte Raaf.

Christophe Van Gerrewey, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL; editorial board of OASE and De Witte Raaf

The most incisive texts on Rem Koolhaas / OMA  The activities of Rem Koolhaas and his staff were widely discussed even before the foundation of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1975. Today, many contributions on the work of OMA can be found in the international architectural press, including Koolhaas’ own writings.  The book contains about 150 selected texts—interviews, feature articles, essays, lead articles, reviews, letters, introductions, appraisals, and competition reports that have been compiled for the first time. This compilation not only provides a fresh and critical view of the oeuvre of one the most important contemporary architects, but also represents an account of the debate on architectural and urban design in recent decades.   The most incisive texts on the work of OMA/Rem Koolhaas, with many articles that have never before been translated into English  An overview of notions, ideas, and debates in architectural discourse, theory, and criticism, from the 1970s until 2000, that remain relevant today  Illustrated with more than 100 cover shoots 

The most incisive texts on Rem Koolhaas / OMA  The activities of Rem Koolhaas and his staff were widely discussed even before the foundation

OMA/Rem Koolhaas

A Critical Reader from 'Delirious New York' to 'S,M,L,XL'

Christophe van Gerrewey

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