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Koolhaas. Elements of Architecture

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Koolhaas. Elements of ArchitectureCondition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9783836556149 Year: 2018 Publisher: TASCHEN Description: Elements of Architecture focuses on the fragments of the rich and complex architectural collage. Window, faade, balcony, corridor, fireplace, stair, escalator, elevator and toilet: the book seeks to excavate the micro narratives of building detail. The result is no single history, but rather the web of origins, contaminations, similarities, and differences in

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9783836556149
Year: 2018
Publisher: TASCHEN


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Elements of Architecture focuses on the fragments of the rich and complex architectural collage. Window, façade, balcony, corridor, fireplace, stair, escalator, elevator and toilet: the book seeks to excavate the micro-narratives of building detail. The result is no single history, but rather the web of origins, contaminations, similarities, and differences in architectural evolution, including the influence of technological advances, climatic adaptation, political calculation, economic contexts, regulatory requirements, and new digital opportunities. It's a guide that is long overdue-in Koolhaas's own words, "Never was a book more relevant-at a moment where architecture as we know it is changing beyond recognition."




Derived, updated, and expanded from Koolhaas's exhaustive and much-lauded exhibition at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, this is an essential toolkit to understanding the fundamentals that comprise structure around the globe. Designed by Irma Boom and based on research from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the 2,600-page monograph contains essays from Rem Koolhaas, Stephan Trueby, James Westcott and Stephan Petermann; interviews with Werner Sobek and Tony Fadell (of Nest); and an exclusive photo essay by Wolfgang Tillmans.




In addition to comprehensively updated texts and new images, this edition is designed and produced to visually (and physically) embody the immense scope of its subject matter:

Custom split-spine binding: our printer modified their industrial binding m
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