The ArchiNed Rem Koolhaas/OMA Source Page
When you tell your favorite search engine to look for
the terms "Rem Koolhaas OMA", you're very likely to receive a
list of hundreds of links. Very few of these, however, are worth clicking
on. The ArchiNed Rem Koolhaas/OMA Source Page has bundled a few of the best
or most informative sites from such hitlists. Many of these sites are in
English; of course, several are in Dutch.
Projects
Texts and quotes
Books and publications
Projects
Educatorium Utrecht University
Short description plus two photos.
Virtual Sculpture
An interpretation of the Bibliotheque de France of Rem Koolhaas
by Marc van Grootel
Kunsthal Rotterdam
Analysis of the Kunsthal in Rotterdam.
Kunsthal
Rotterdam
Official site of the Kunsthal with opening hours, etc. and
a short page about the building itself.
Projectlist Rem Koolhaas
Projectlist Rem Koolhaas OMA
Projectlists at archINFORM. A few projects are illustrated
with photos, such as:
Kunsthal
Rotterdam
Video-pavillion/Busstop Groningen
Short biography in German
Video-pavillion/Busstop Groningen
following LAVA's excursion to Groningen
OMA in Tokyo
Exhibition "Rem Koolhaas and the Place of Public Architecture".
Many photos of the exhibition and of scale models.
Koolhaas en Alkemade over het concept
About the new city center for Almere.
Villa dall'Ava
Study of Villa dall'Ava by a student in Eindhoven.
Texts and quotes
An Interview
with Rem Koolhaas
Full English text of an interview taken by
Tom Fecht at Documenta
X in June 1997. There is also a Real Audio version available (only with Real Audio/Video Player).
Lecture
at Documenta X in Real Video
English lecture by Rem Koolhaas in the '100 days / 100 guests' program at
Documenta X in june
1997 (only with Real Video
Player).
A Conversation
with Rem Koolhaas
The full text (about 7000 words) of an interview with Rem
Koolhaas from the recently published book 'A
Critical Landscape' by Arie Graafland and Jasper de Haan, published
by 010 Publishers, Rotterdam.
42nd Street
Article by Rem Koolhaas about 42nd Street in New York (april
1996).
Schoonheid in oost en west
Quote in Dutch about "Beauty in East and west"
Delirious New York
An interpretation of Delirious New York. At some points this
seems like an ambitious attempt to turn the entire book into hypertext.
Includes an outline of the original book and several illustrations
from it. A bit ill-structured, but fascinating.
Lezing Rem Koolhaas
Text of a lecture by lezing door Koolhaas, given on 11 november 1989 at
the Technical University in Eindhoven.
Dutch Reformation
Essay about Koolhaas by Douglas Coupland
ArchiNed Nieuws: Learning from China
News article in Dutch about lecture given by Koolhaas at the
Berlage Institute, in which he introduced a new urban condition: scape.
(5 December 1996)
Stedebouw is zinloos
Short reaction at Koolhaas' quote "Urban planning is
useless".
Books and publications
Abstracts of Koolhaas' books and books about his work
can be found at publishers worldwide. Quite often you can order the books
directly from the site.
S, M, L, XL
English abstract at Uitgeverij 010 Publishers
Delirious New York
The currently available reprint at Uitgeverij 010 Publishers
Euralille
Abstract of book about Euralille, publisher Birkhauser
Rem Koolhaas OMA
Monography at Princeton University Press
Conversations with Students
Conversations, lectures and workshop texts.
Last update:
31 October 1997 |
