Oma Work 1972-2000

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Pub. Date: 2000-07-01
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Summary

Founded by Rem Koolhaas in the 1970s OMA is today one of the leading architectural firms in the world. Fame came early, when in 1978 OMA won first prize in a competition for the extension of the Dutch parliament. A great many awards followed including Prize for Intensive Space Use awarded by the Dutch Government and the Architectural Institute of Japan's Award for the Best Building in Japan, Nexus World Housing. OMA is very active in the United States, working on projects as diverse as the new Seattle public Library and the McCormick Tribune Campus Center in Chicago. OMA acts as consultant in redefining the corporate identity of the client in the context of the architectural process.

Works featured range from private residences to large scale urban planning and include the extension of the MoMA, New York; MAB-Tower, Rotterdam; Casa da Musica, Portugal; TGB (Very Big Library), Paris.

Essay by Rem Koolhaas titled 'Junkspace'.

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword 6(2)
OMA@work.1972-2000
8(8)
Texts by Rem Koolhaas
Essay: Junkspace
16(90)
Lecture: Transformations
106(90)
Lecture: Bigness & Velocity
196
Works
Patio Villa
32(4)
Villa Dall'Ava
36(6)
Nexus World Housing
42(6)
Dutch House
48(6)
Maison a Bordeaux
54(12)
MAB-Tower
66(18)
Seattle Public Library
84(32)
Y2K
116(10)
Casa da Musica
126(30)
Chasse Campus Breda
156(4)
Almere Urban Redevelopment/Block 6
160(16)
SchipholS
176(34)
Renovation of Hotel Furka Blick
210(4)
Second Stage Theater
214(2)
Kunsthal
216(8)
Euralille
224(4)
Congrexpo (Lille Grand Palais)
228(10)
Educatorium
238(8)
Parc de la Villette
246(4)
TGB (Very Big Library)
250(4)
ZKM (Center for Art and Media Technology)
254(6)
Extension of the MoMA
260(6)
Biography and Chronology 266

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