OMA / Rem Koolhaas: A Critical Reader from 'Delirious New York' to 'S,M,L,XL'
- Basel Birkhauser 2019
- 424p.
Introduction: Suspended Meaning p.10, 1: Spear House (1975): A Great Disappointment or a Very Marvelous Thing p.20, Peter Eisenman, Peter Chermayeff, Paul Rudolph, and Eberhard H. Zeidler, Remment Koolhaas, Laurinda Spear: Award p.23, 2. The Sparkling Metropolis & Delirious New York(1978): A Repository of Forms and Activities p.26, Camilla Ween Fiddling while New York Burns p.29, George Baird Les extremes qui se touchent p.29, Kenneth Frampton Two or Three Things I Know about Them: A Note on Manhattanism p.31, Demetri Porphyrios Pandora’s Box p.34, Hans van Dijk A More Expansive Spectrum of Functionalism p.36, Paul Goldberger Guggenheim Unveils Surrealist City Views p.44, Peter Blake Freudian Walls p.46, Gilbert Millstein Architectural Extravaganza p.47, Marc Balet A Conversation with Human Activities p.48, Reyner Banham Manhattalgia p.49, Paul Goldberger He’ll Take Manhattan p.50, S. Frederick Starr The Culture of Professional Architecture p.53, Patrick L. Pinnell Remifications p.57, Richard Munday Enmeshed in Irresolution p.58, Gert Jonker An Abrupt Departure from the New Hopelessness p.59, 3. First Decade, First Half (1978–1985): Hope Has Returned p.62, Cathy Peake, Grant Marani, Ian McDougall, and Richard Munday Shedding of the Shackles p.65, Robert Maxwell Celebration or Criticism p.66, Stanislaus von Moos An Invitation to Rotterdam for Leonidov p.68, Patrice Noviant A European without Humor p.72, Deyan Sudjic Enter the Prophets of New Sobriety p.74, Sander Wissing Light in the Darkness p.75, Geert Bekaert The Odyssey of an Enlightened Entrepreneur p.76, Haig Beck Toward an Architecture of Congestion p.81, Paul Goldberger Exhibit Points up Views on Context of a Building p.82, Michael Sorkin Drawing Conclusions p.83, Anthony Vidler p.85, The Irony of Metropolis p.85, Peter Buchanan Elia Zenghelis, Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid p.88, Franco Raggi Puritanical Hedonist p.89, Olivier Boissière Paris X Paris p.92, Françoise Choay The Traditional Idea of Architecture Has Vanished: La Villette Park Competition p.93, Bruno Vayssière, Patrice Noviant, and Jacques Lucan A Development of Dense Episodes p.96, Bart Lootsma The Strategies of OMA p.99, Umberto Barbieri From the Bridge to the Tower p.104, Patrice Goulet The Second Chance for Modern Architecture: Rem Koolhaas p.106, Patrice Goulet Or the Start of the End of Reality: Elia Zenghelis p.108, Mil De Kooning The Economics of Imagination p.111, Mildred F. Schmertz Low-Income Housing: A Lesson from Amsterdam p.119, Doeschka Meijsing Intellectuals Talk about Architecture p.120, 4. Netherlands Dance Theater, The Hague (1982–1987): Good-Bye Paper ! p.122, Rem Koolhaas, Rob Krier, César Pelli, Rafael Moneo, Robert Stern, and Jacquelin RobertsonA Blind Spot for Space p.125, Hubert Damisch Exquisite Corpse p.127, Janny Rodermond A Supremely Utilitarian Building p.129, Peter Buchanan Koolhaas Container p.132, Deborah K. Dietsch First Position p.133, Jacques Lucan A Chameleon Theater p.135, Olivier Boissière Too Much Champagne? p.136, Stefan Polónyi Interpreting the Supporting Structures of Architecture p.138, 5. First Decade, Second Half (1986–1989): Polemics in the Province p.140, Peter Buchanan OMA at The Hague p.143, Geert Bekaert A Chance of a Lifetime p.144, Stanislaus von Moos Dutch Group Portrait p.145, Christophe Bayle Structured through Emptiness: Melun-Sénart p.150, Madeleine Steigenga Not without a Scratch: Police Station Almere p.151, Geert Bekaert The Storyteller p.152, Herman Kerkdijk and Arthur Wortmann The Netherlands Architecture Institute as a Script p.153, Alexander Tzonis and Liane Lefaivre Synthetic Night Sky: Apartment House at Checkpoint Charlie p.155, Jayne Merkel Not-So-Delirious Modernism: OMA at Max Protetch Gallery p.156, Hilde de Haan and Ids Haagsma Rem Koolhaas’s Big, Sloppy Dreams: IJplein Amsterdam p.156, Maristella Casciato Constructional Puritanism: IJplein Amsterdam p.160, Herman Selier For a Better Netherlands: The First Decade p.161, Koos Bosma and Hans van Dijk The Stigma of Being Modern p.162, Mil De Kooning OMA in Holland p.164, Hajime Yatsuka Architectural Specificity with Programmatic Instability p.169, Mark Wigley Deconstructivist Architecture: The Stability of the One and the Instability of the Other p.171, 6. The Fall of the Wall (1989–1996): The Forces of the Wave p.172, John Welsh Latest Stop on a Grand Tour p.175, Toyo Ito Not Forms, but Rules: Fin de siecle, OMA at IFA, Paris p.175, Bart Lootsma and Mariëtte van Stralen The Client as Visionary: Koolhaas Reanimates the Role of the Architect p.176, Geert Bekaert Sea Trade Center Zeebrugge: Confession of Faith p.180, Frank R. Werner The Magic Die with the Enchanted Cloak for the Squaring of the Circle: ZKM p.183, AnthonyVidler Books in Space: Tradition and Transparency in the Bibliothèque de France p.185, Fredric Jameson and Michael Speaks Envelopes and Enclaves: The Space of Post-Civil Society p.187, Paul Vermeulen Metropolitan Vernacular: Byzantium Amsterdam p.188, Lucius Burckhardt Pianissimo and Gentle: Hotel Furkablick p.191, Sally B. Woodbridge Housing after the Machine Age: Nexus World Housing, Fukuoka p.193, Sanford Kwinter The Reinvention of Geometry p.195, Albert Pope Tokyo Storm Warning p.197, Karen Stein The Image According to OMA p.201, Bart Lootsma Hans Werlemann p.202, Alejandro Zaera-Polo Strategic Retreat p.204, Alejandro Zaera-Polo Finding Freedoms p.204, René Zwaap The IJ-Boulevard of Broken Dreams p.207, Herbert Muschamp Some Unfinished Business on St.-Germain p.209, Nikolaus Kuhnert and Philipp Oswalt May-68-Programming p.211, Joost Meuwissen X-Filled Room: Dutch House in Rotterdam p.212, Ole Bouman and Roemer van Toorn The Blinkers That Make the Visionary p.214, Douglas Coupland Dutch Reformation p.216, Jonathan Crary Notes on Koolhaas and Modernization p.220, Charles Jencks The Trajectory of Rem Koolhaas p.222, Robert E. Somol The Camp of the new p.225,Richard Ingersoll Rem Koolhaas and Irony p.230, Bart Lootsma Wall Frustration: OMA’s Use of Building Materials p.235, Arie Graafland and Jasper de Haan Writing and Working p.238, Sanford Kwinter Flying the Bullet, or When Did the Future Begin? P.239, Jeffrey Kipnis Disestablishment p.243, 7. Villa Dall’ava (1986–1993): A Tiny Bit Perverse p.246, Rem Koolhaas, Léon Krier, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Peter Eisenman, Mario Gandelsonas, Susana Torre, Thomas Beeby, and Rafael Moneo Accept Being Alone p.249, François Chaslin Right Underneath the Pool p.253, Jean-Louis Cohen Suburban Subversion p.255, Frederic Edelmann The Giraffe and the Architect p.257, Jacques Lucan A Modern Construction p.259, Akira Suzuki A Broken Relationship p.260, Jean-Paul Robert Live p.262, Charles Gandee The Ideal Villa p.264, Bart Lootsma OMA Manifesto p.265, 8. Kunsthal Rotterdam (1989–1993): A Maturity That One Has Long Been Waiting For p.272, Terence Riley A “Smith and Brown” Building p.275, Hilde de Haan and Ids Haagsma Koolhaas Merges Banality with Chic in Brilliant Design p.276, Bernard Hulsman Like a Magic Box p.277, Kenneth Frampton Confidence and Precision p.279, Bart Lootsma and Jan de Graaf In Service of the Experience p.281, Ed Melet Perfect Disorder: Detailing and Construction p.285, Deyan Sudjic The Museum as Megastar p.288, Paul Vermeulen Clad in Tonalities of Light p.289, Andrew MacNair Marathon p.291, Cynthia Davidson History Lesions p.292, 9. “Bigness” & Euralille (1989–1998): I Knew I Was In Trouble but I Thought I Was In Hell p.298, John Rajchman Thinking Big p.301, Richard Ingersoll Bidness p.305, Peter Newman and Andy Thornley Boosterism at the Center of Europe p.307, Werner Oechslin Beyond a Certain Scale, or Titan in Slippers? P.309, Richard Plunz The Scale Canard p.312, Jean-Louis Cohen The Test of the Construction Site p.313, Jacques Lucan The Voluntary Prisoner of Architecture: Lille Grand Palais p.316, Bruno Fortier This Whole Century p.318, Jean Attali Criticism Has Lost Its Bearings p.321, Stanislaus von Moos Composition and Oblique Views p.325, Daniel Treiber An Urban Paradox p.326, Ian Buruma Leave Old Cities Alone p.328, Vittorio Lampugnani The End of Modern Urbanism p.330, 10. S,M,L,XL & “Generic City” (1994–1998): No End to Revision p.332, Hans van Dijk The Architect is Obliged to Be an Honorable Man p.335, John Shnier Plump Fiction: Conservation with Bruce Mau p.339, Will Novosedlik Leviathan p.342, Paul Finch Koolhaas Gets a Four-Star Reception at AA Lecture p.346, Grahame D. Shane OMA at MoMA p.347, George Baird Historical Magnanimity p.353, Haig Beck and Jackie Cooper Liberating Micro-Epiphanies p.356, Florian Beigel Close to Life p.358, Irenee Scalbert Brave New Book p.360, Martin Filler The Master Builder p.363, Jean-Claude Garcias Exhilaration in Defeat p.364, Brendan Gill Koolhaas in 2-D p.367, Robert Harbison Big Is Not Always Beautiful p.369, Toyo Ito Architectural Incidents Replete with Fantasy p.372, Fredric Jameson XXL. Rem Koolhaas’s Great Big Buildingsroman p.373, Herbert Muschamp Rem Koolhaas Sizes Up the Future p.376, Claude Parent The Drama! P.378, Bart Eeckhout Everything and Nothing at Once p.380, Terence Riley Free Fall p.388, Richard Sennett The Dialectics of Scale p.389, Jeremy Till An Incomplete Encyclopaedia p.391, Tetsuzo Oshima Clever Calculation p.395, Koos Bosma Leading Us Astray p.396, Dieter Hoffmann-Axthelm Can One Seriously Speak of Cities Like This? P.398, Lieven De Cauter Flight Forward p.400, Alejandro Zaera-Polo The Day After P.405, Appendixa p.406, Critical Bibliography From Delirious New York to S,M,L,XL P.407, Index Of Persons p.418