OMA/Rem Koolhaas: A Critical Reader assembles approximately 150 texts — interviews, essays, reviews, competition reports, and Koolhaas's own writings — into the first comprehensive documentary account of OMA's practice and the architectural debates it has shaped.
About This Book
Few architectural practices have generated as much critical discourse as OMA, and this volume gathers that discourse into a single, navigable resource for the first time. Spanning interviews, feature articles, letters, appraisals, and lead essays drawn from the international architectural press, the collection traces the evolution of Rem Koolhaas's thinking from before OMA's founding in 1975 through to the present. Rather than presenting a monographic survey of built work, this is a critical reader in the truest sense: a curated argument about how architecture and urban design have been theorised, contested, and practised over recent decades. Essential for any serious engagement with contemporary architectural theory.
Key Features
- 608 pages of selected critical texts including interviews, essays, reviews, letters, competition reports, and introductions
- Approximately 150 texts compiled for the first time in a single volume
- Includes writings by Koolhaas himself alongside external critical voices
- Published by Birkhäuser
What You'll Discover
- How critical reception of OMA evolved across decades of international architectural discourse, revealing shifting preoccupations in the field
- Koolhaas's own theoretical positions, as expressed in his writings and interviews across different stages of the practice
- The breadth of formats through which architectural debate is conducted — from competition reports to appraisals — and what each reveals about professional culture
- A documentary lens on the contested terrain of urban design theory from the 1970s onward, using OMA as a sustained case study
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 608
- Dimensions: 240 x 170 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783035619775
- Publisher: Birkhäuser
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, urban designers, and architectural historians seeking a critical documentary account of OMA's practice; students and academics working in contemporary architectural theory.