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by: Jean Attali, H.J.A. Hofland, Fredric Jameson, Fritz Neymeyer, Michael Sorkin, Bruce Sterling, Bart Verschaffel, Sarah Whiting, Neil Leach, Anthony Vidler, Rene Boomkens, Aaron Betsky  List Price: $29.95 Amazon.com's Price: $21.86 You Save: $8.09 (27%)Prices subject to change. Availability: unknown
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 720 EAN: 9789056623494 ISBN: 9056623494 Label: NAi Publishers/Neue Nationalgalerie Manufacturer: NAi Publishers/Neue Nationalgalerie Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 168 Publication Date: January 02, 2004 Publisher: NAi Publishers/Neue Nationalgalerie Release Date: January 02, 2004 Studio: NAi Publishers/Neue Nationalgalerie Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: There are few outside a circle of initiates who realize just how important Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) are for international architecture today. Arguably, Koolhaas/OMA is the most interesting architect from the latter half of the 20th century. But how well is this truly understood? Certainly in the Netherlands, OMA is known only for the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. The average culture buff--who sees architecture from a layman's point of view--often only has two criteria when looking at architecture: it has to look good and it has to serve a purpose. Regrettably this section of the public considers the Kunsthal to be a failure on both counts and so is blind to the significance of Rem Koolhaas and OMA. In New York, Koolhaas's Prada store is perhaps equally elusive: it looks unlike any other store and it behaves unlike any other store. What is OMa maps the fields where Koolhaas is active, not only showing his realized buildings but illuminating his perspective on the contemporary city and urbanity. The book describes with great clarity Koolhaas's role in architectural theory and the body of concepts wielded by him. Authors of international repute from beyond the province of architecture examine Koolhaas's work in the light of social and economic developments. As a result, What is OMA paints an intelligent picture of the sheer range of Rem Koolhaas's architecture and its seminal role in the architectural world. It is the first book to approach Koolhaas's work from the vantage point of disciplines other than architecture and to explain it to the general public. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Cliff Notes on OMA"What is OMA?" - a collection of writings by varied individuals about Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture - unfortunately amounts to Cliff Notes about the said architect and his design firm. Admittedly,when I bought "What is OMA?" I thought that the book would be an interesting discussion about the work and theories of Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. The writings either provide glossy insights into individuals' reactions to Rem/OMA or ... Read More Rating:  - An enigmaThis book is a compilation of essays by a few professionals from different perspectives in considering Rem Koolhaas and his offsprings in the form of OMA and AMO. Some essays are cerebral and filled with so many architectural jargons that towards the end, I said to myself, what the ..? However, some essays had wonderful proses and informative at the same time. I didn't know for a start that Rem was a movie director, script writer, and I also didn't know that he stayed for few years in Asia and ... Read More 
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