Oma Work 1972-2000

by Koolhaas, Rem

• ISBN13: 9784900211537
• ISBN10: 4900211532
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: A & U

Summary

Founded by Rem Koolhaas in the 1970s OMA is today one of the leading architectural firms in the world. Fame came early, when in 1978 OMA won first prize in a competition for the extension of the Dutch parliament. A great many awards followed including Prize for Intensive Space Use awarded by the Dutch Government and the Architectural Institute of Japan's Award for the Best Building in Japan, Nexus World Housing. OMA is very active in the United States, working on projects as diverse as the new Seattle public Library and the McCormick Tribune Campus Center in Chicago. OMA acts as consultant in redefining the corporate identity of the client in the context of the architectural process.

Works featured range from private residences to large scale urban planning and include the extension of the MoMA, New York; MAB-Tower, Rotterdam; Casa da Musica, Portugal; TGB (Very Big Library), Paris.

Essay by Rem Koolhaas titled 'Junkspace'.

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword	6	(2)
OMA@work.1972-2000	8	(8)
Texts by Rem Koolhaas
Essay: Junkspace	16	(90)
Lecture: Transformations	106	(90)
Lecture: Bigness & Velocity	196
Works
Patio Villa	32	(4)
Villa Dall'Ava	36	(6)
Nexus World Housing	42	(6)
Dutch House	48	(6)
Maison a Bordeaux	54	(12)
MAB-Tower	66	(18)
Seattle Public Library	84	(32)
Y2K	116	(10)
Casa da Musica	126	(30)
Chasse Campus Breda	156	(4)
Almere Urban Redevelopment/Block 6	160	(16)
SchipholS	176	(34)
Renovation of Hotel Furka Blick	210	(4)
Second Stage Theater	214	(2)
Kunsthal	216	(8)
Euralille	224	(4)
Congrexpo (Lille Grand Palais)	228	(10)
Educatorium	238	(8)
Parc de la Villette	246	(4)
TGB (Very Big Library)	250	(4)
ZKM (Center for Art and Media Technology)	254	(6)
Extension of the MoMA	260	(6)
Biography and Chronology	266