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Author Gargiani, Roberto, 1956-

Title Rem Koolhaas/OMA : the construction of merveilles / Roberto Gargiani ; translated from the Italian by Stephen Piccolo.

Imprint Lausanne, Switzerland : EPFL Press, 2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Female Library  NA1153.K64 G3713 2008    Available
 Male Library  NA1153.K64 G3713 2008    Available
Description 343 p. : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Series Essays in architecture
Note "Distributed by Routledge.".
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Chap.1. Experiences with the paranoid-critical method -- Chap.2. New Sobriety vs. Post-Modern and Contextualism -- Chap.3. The epoch of the merveilles -- Chap.4. S,M,L,XL, 1995: principles for a theory of architecture -- Chap.5. Generic volume, informal polyhedral solids and functional diagrams.
Summary This first critical monograph places the work of Rem Koolhaas and OMA in a cultural context that allows the reader to better understand the creative process of modern architecture, retracing the career of Rem Koolhaas in chronological and thematic order
Subject Koolhaas, Rem -- Criticism and interpretation
Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Note Construction of merveilles
ISBN 9780415461450 (Routledge : hbk.)