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  • Nederlandse versie van deze pagina. Rem Koolhaas/OMA Source Page

    Prada winkel, New York
    foto: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times



    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
    Prada store New York - 'Forget the Shoes, Prada's New Store Stocks Ideas' article by Herbert Muschamp for The New York Times
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Description of the design
    Gugenheim in Las Vegas
    - Official site of the Guggenheim Las Vegas with a special section about The Building
    Casa da Música in Porto - Short text and two pictures
    New Central Library Seattle OMA/LMN - Many links and information on this design.
    House in Bordeaux
    Dutch Embassy in Berlijn - Webcam, description, models, drawings and more.
    Dutch Embassy in Berlin - Short description
    Foto of Euralille.
    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 pojects are illustrated with photos, such as: Video-pavillion/Busstop Groningen. Also included is a short biography in German.

    Texts and quotes
    Exploring the Unmaterial World - Wired feature, june 2000 by Gary Wolf
    The Informalist - Wired feature on Koolhaas' favorite engineer Cecil Balmond
    Seattle downtown library - 'Looking for Rem', article from the Seattle Times by O. Casey Corr
    A Conversation with Rem Koolhaas
    - The full text (about 7000 words) of an interview with Rem Koolhaas from the book 'A Critical Landscape' by Arie Graafland and Jasper de Haan, published by 010 Publishers, Rotterdam.
    re: REM KOOLHAAS An interview taken by Hans Ulrich Obrist about the reconstruction of Berlin.
    From Bauhaus to Koolhaas Katrina Heron interviews Koolhaas, Wired magazine
    Schoonheid in oost en west - Quote in Dutch about "Beauty in East and West".
    Philip Johnson, two of a kind - Interview with Koolhaas about Philip Johnson (in Dutch).
    Dutch Reformation - Essay about Koolhaas by Douglas Coupland (archives-essays-dutch reformation).
    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)

    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.
    The Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping - Harvard Design School Project on the City. Edited by: Chuihua Judy Chung, Jeffrey Inaba, Rem Koolhaas, Sze Tsung Leong. Published by Taschen
    Great Leap Forward - Harvard Design School Project on the City. Edited by: Chuihua Judy Chung, Jeffrey Inaba, Rem Koolhaas, Sze Tsung Leong. Published by Taschen
    S, M, L, XL - English abstract at Uitgeverij 010 Publishers. A review.
    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.