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This book presents a 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 the Office of Metropolitan Architecture...

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Main Author: Koolhaas, Rem
Corporate Author: Rice University. School of Architecture
Other Authors: Kwinter, Sanford
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houston : New York : Rice University, School of Architecture ; Princeton Architectural Preess, 1996.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Architecture at Rice University ; no. 30.
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Summary:This book presents a 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 the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)'s important large-scale projects, including 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 volume forms a concise and coherent explanation of the theories and polemics of Koolhaas and OMA. Thie book serves as an inexpensive alternative and companion to Koolhaas's S,M,L,XL.
Physical Description:94 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-93).
ISBN:1885232020
9781885232021