Rem Koolhaas: Conversations with Students (Architecture at Rice) [Paperback]

Rem Koolhaas (Author), Sanford Kwinter (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1996 | Series: Architecture at Rice (Book 30)

This book presents a recent lecture and seminar given by architect Rem Koolhaas at the Rice University School of Architecture. In this compact volume, Koolhaas addresses the urban and architectural implications of extra-large construction, using as examples three of OMA's important large-scale projects: the Zeebrugge Ferry Terminal in Belgium, the Tres Grande Bibliotheque in Paris, and the Karlsruhe Center for Art and Media Technology in Germany.

Tackling questions about the difficult state of urbanism and modernism in contemporary Europe, America, and Asia, this slim volume forms a concise and coherent explanation of the theories and polemics of Koolhaas and OMA. This beautifully designed book serves as an inexpensive alternative and companion to Koolhaas's recent S,M,L,XL .

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Award-winning Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas is the founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and has become one of the most intriguing and exciting architectural thinkers of our time. This small-scale, affordable paperback presents a selection of texts from a seminar series conducted by Koolhaas, as well as an essay by the architect discussing three of OMA's large-scale projects. Addressing questions of urbanism and architecture in Europe, Asia, and the United States, these texts ultimately illuminate in a concise manner OMA's long-term mission and ideals.

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Distills rather than inflates the architect's thoughts .... offers a way to pierce the hype surrounding its subject. Brad Weiners, Wired

For those with neither the finance nor the physique for (yes) Rem Koolhaas's monster S,M,L,XL, help is at hand. Architects' Journal

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Product Details

• Paperback: 93 pages
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; 2 edition (March 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885232020
• ISBN-13: 978-1885232021
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #682,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Still out in front .., September 30, 2011

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This review is from: Rem Koolhaas: Conversations with Students (Architecture at Rice) (Paperback)

Fifteen years after it was first published, this remains a seminal work regarding contemporary architecture .. in particular the problem, in large metropolitan projects, of accommodating both the client and the site without simply piling up glass boxes.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting apoach to Koolhaas pedagogy, June 19, 1999

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This review is from: Rem Koolhaas: Conversations with Students (Architecture at Rice) (Paperback)

This book results in a very interesting overview about the problems of the big-scale in the hybrid buildings, with the privilege of been told in the first person by one of the most important builder of the contemporany city.