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In this fanciful volume, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.), both analyzes and celebrates New York City. By suggesting the city as the site for an infinite variety of human activities and events--both real and imagined--the essence of the metropolitan lifestyle, its "culture of congestion" and its architecture are revealed in a brilliant new light. "Manhattan," Koolhaas writes, "is the 20th century's Rosetta stone . . . occupied by architectural mutations (Central Park, the Skyscraper), utopian fragments (Rockefeller Center, the U.N. Building), and irrational phenomena (Radio City Music Hall)." Filled with fascinating facts, as well as photographs, postcards, maps, watercolors, and drawings, the vibrancy of Koolhaas's poignant exploration of Gotham equals the heady, frenetic energy of the city itself. Anyone who loves New York will want to own this book.
Acquisto del libro
Delirious New York, Rem Koolhaas
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 1994
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- Titolo
- Delirious New York
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Rem Koolhaas
- Editore
- 010 Publishers
- Pubblicato
- 1994
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 320
- ISBN10
- 9064502110
- ISBN13
- 9789064502118
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Arte / Cultura, Tema stórico, Storia, Arte, Architettura, Architettura e urbanistica, New York, Urbanistica, urbanizzazione, Manhattan, NY, Teoria dell'architettura
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2005
- Titolo originale
- Delirious New York
- Valutazione
- 4,25 su 5
- Descrizione
- In this fanciful volume, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.), both analyzes and celebrates New York City. By suggesting the city as the site for an infinite variety of human activities and events--both real and imagined--the essence of the metropolitan lifestyle, its "culture of congestion" and its architecture are revealed in a brilliant new light. "Manhattan," Koolhaas writes, "is the 20th century's Rosetta stone . . . occupied by architectural mutations (Central Park, the Skyscraper), utopian fragments (Rockefeller Center, the U.N. Building), and irrational phenomena (Radio City Music Hall)." Filled with fascinating facts, as well as photographs, postcards, maps, watercolors, and drawings, the vibrancy of Koolhaas's poignant exploration of Gotham equals the heady, frenetic energy of the city itself. Anyone who loves New York will want to own this book.