{"product_id":"koolhaas-elements-of-architecture","title":"Koolhaas. Elements of Architecture","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9783836556149\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2018\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: TASCHEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eElements of Architecture focuses on the fragments of the rich and complex architectural collage. Window, façade, balcony, corridor, fireplace, stair, escalator, elevator and toilet: the book seeks to excavate the \u003cb\u003emicro-narratives of building detail\u003c\/b\u003e. The result is no single history, but rather the web of origins, contaminations, similarities, and differences in architectural evolution, including the influence of \u003cb\u003etechnological advances, climatic adaptation, political calculation, economic contexts, regulatory requirements, \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e new digital opportunities\u003c\/b\u003e. It's a guide that is long overdue-in Koolhaas's own words, \"Never was a book more relevant-at a moment where architecture as we know it is changing beyond recognition.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Derived, updated, and expanded from Koolhaas's exhaustive and much-lauded exhibition at the\u003cb\u003e 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale\u003c\/b\u003e, this is an essential toolkit to understanding the fundamentals that comprise structure around the globe. Designed by \u003cb\u003eIrma Boom \u003c\/b\u003eand based on research from the \u003cb\u003eHarvard Graduate School of Design\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003e2,600-page monograph\u003c\/b\u003e contains essays from \u003cb\u003eRem Koolhaas\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eStephan Trueby\u003c\/b\u003e, James Westcott and Stephan Petermann\u003cb\u003e;\u003c\/b\u003e interviews with \u003cb\u003eWerner Sobek \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eTony Fadell\u003c\/b\u003e (of Nest); and an \u003cb\u003eexclusive photo essay by Wolfgang Tillmans\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In addition to \u003cb\u003ecomprehensively updated texts \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e new images\u003c\/b\u003e, this edition is designed and produced to visually (and physically) embody the immense scope of its subject matter:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCustom\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003esplit-spine binding\u003c\/b\u003e: our printer modified their industrial binding m","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41670811058309,"sku":"PR399782","price":570.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNXG0KP6GLS1.jpg?v=1779899395","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/koolhaas-elements-of-architecture","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}