Koolhaas. Elements of Architecture

This TASCHEN coffee table book Rem Koolhaas in collaboration with the Harvard Graduate School takes a look through the microscope at the real foundations of our buildings and reveals the essential design techniques used by every architect, everywhere and at all times.

The coffee table book "Elements of Architecture" focuses on the fragments of the rich and complex architectural collage. Window, facade, balcony, corridor, fireplace, staircase, escalator, elevator and toilet: the book attempts to unearth the micro-stories of building details. The result is not a single history, but rather the web of origins, contaminations, similarities and differences in architectural evolution, including the influence of technological progress, climatic adaptation, political calculation, economic contexts, legal requirements and new digital possibilities. It is a guide that is long overdue - Koolhaas's own words, "Never has a book been more relevant than now, at a time when architecture as we know it is changing beyond recognition."

This architecture book is an essential toolkit for understanding the fundamentals that make up structure around the world. Designed by Irma Boom and based on research from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the 2,600-page monograph includes essays by Rem Koolhaas, Stephan Trueby, James Westcott and Stephan Petermann; interviews with Werner Sobek and Tony Fadell (of Nest).

Specifications
Title: Koolhaas. Elements of Architecture
Author: Rem Koolhaas
Publisher: TASCHEN
Size: 254 x 199 x 84 mm
Size: 2528 pages
Weight: 3534 grams
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9783836556149
Expected: Oct. 31, 2024

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