Koolhaas/Obrist. Project Japan. Metabolism Talks
Koolhaas/Obrist. Project Japan. Metabolism Talks
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Architect Rem Koolhaas and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist compile a history of Metabolism: the first non-Western avant-garde architecture, born out of postwar Tokyo. Extensive interviews and rare photographs introduce the movement and shed light on the group’s futuristic vision for the future; a dream of cities that would grow, reproduce, and transform in response to their environment.
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Koolhaas/Obrist. Project Japan. Metabolism Talks by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Architect Rem Koolhaas and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist compile a history of Metabolism: the first non-Western avant-garde architecture, born out of postwar Tokyo. Extensive interviews and rare photographs introduce the movement and shed light on the groups futuristic vision for the future; a dream of cities that would grow, reproduce, and transform in response to their environment.
"Project Japan features hundreds of fantastic never-before-seen images that tell the 20th Century history of Japan through its architecture" * Yellow Magazine *
Hans Ulrich Obrist is the Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries in London. Prior to this, he was Curator of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Since his first exhibition World Soup (The Kitchen Show) in 1991, he has curated more than 300 shows and has published extensively on art, architecture, and culture. In 2011 Obrist received the CCS Bard Award for Curatorial Excellence. Rem Koolhaas is a co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Having worked as a journalist and scriptwriter before becoming an architect, in 1978 he published Delirious New York. His 1996 book S,M,L,XL summarized the work of OMA and established connections between contemporary society and architecture. Among many international awards, he has received the Pritzker Prize (2000) and the Praemium Imperiale (2003).
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| ISBN 13 | 9783836525084 |
| ISBN 10 | 3836525089 |
| Title | Koolhaas/Obrist. Project Japan. Metabolism Talks |
| Author | Hans Ulrich Obrist |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taschen GmbH |
| Year published | 2011-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 720 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |