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Title: Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan by Rem Koolhaas ISBN: 1-885254-00-8 Publisher: The Monacelli Press Pub. Date: December, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: best koolhaas ever, man
Comment: koolhaas is a bit over-the-top for me, but this I think is is best work. it's worth checking out if only for the story of coney island. once you get past blisteringly pretentious phrases like "coney island is a fetal manhattan", you'll find it gloriously entertaining as both a narrative and theoretical work.
Rating: 5
Summary: the culture of congestion
Comment: This is by far Koolhaas's most accessible work, as it is rooted so clearly in detail from the city's past. Further, the book is simply brilliant. His take on urban history is to Jane Jacobs what Socrates is to common sense. New York is a special case of modernism that sprang from a special constellation of poltiical and technological forces that collectively create a cultural "big-bang" at the turn of the century. Read it. Blow your mind.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great starting point.
Comment: An easily digestible read filled with delicious facts about the big apple. This book can change the way one sees New York forever. Be it from a street level, or from an intellectual level. "Delirious New York" helps to rediscover Manhattan, and it helps to discover the idea of Manhattan in places far away from "The City".
This publication is a perfect starting point for any exploration into the past or the future of urbanism, architecture, and of course New York City and the people who helped to shape this ever growing marvel.
A must read, and a perfect gift for anyone who is even remotely touched by New York.
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Title: S,M,L,Xl by Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau, Hans Werlemann ISBN: 1885254865 Publisher: The Monacelli Press Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Learning from Las Vegas - Revised Edition: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form by Robert Venturi, Steven Izenour, Denise Scott Brown ISBN: 026272006X Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 15 June, 1977 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Mutations by Rem Koolhaas, Stefano Boeri, Sanford Kwinter, Nadia Tazi, Daniela Fabricius ISBN: 8495273519 Publisher: Actar Editorial Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Architecture Theory since 1968 by K. Michael Hays ISBN: 0262581884 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 28 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Collage City by Colin Rowe, Fred Koetter ISBN: 0262680424 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 1984 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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