Elements of Architecture focuses on the fragments of the rich and
complex architectural collage. Window, facade, balcony, corridor,
fireplace, stair, escalator, elevator: the book seeks to excavate
the micro-narratives of building detail. The result is no single
history, but rather the web of origins, contaminations,
similarities, and differences in architectural evolution, including
the influence of technological advances, climatic adaptation,
political calculation, economic contexts, regulatory requirements,
and new digital opportunities. 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."
Derived, updated, and expanded from Koolhaas's exhaustive and
much-lauded exhibition at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale,
this is an essential toolkit to understanding the fundamentals that
comprise structure around the globe. Designed by Irma Boom and
based on research from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the
2,600-page monograph contains essays from Rem Koolhaas, Stephan
Trueby, Manfredo di Robilant, and Jeffrey Inaba; interviews with
Werner Sobek and Tony Fadell (of Nest); and an exclusive photo
essay by Wolfgang Tillmans. In addition to comprehensively updated
texts and new images, this edition is designed and produced to
visually (and physically) embody the immense scope of its subject
matter: Custom split-spine binding: our printer modified their
industrial binding machine to allow for the flexible,
eight-centimeter thick spine Contains a new introductory chapter
with forewords, table of contents, and an index, located in the
middle of the book (where it naturally opens due to its unique
spine) Printed on 50g Opakal paper, allowing for the ideal level of
opacity needed to realize Boom's palimpsest-like design Translucent
overlays and personal annotations by Koolhaas and Boom are woven in
each chapter to create an alternative, faster route through the
book Printed at the originally intended 100% size for full
readability
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