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Posts tagged 'Rem Koolhaas'

Towns in Britain: Jones the Planner

An account of Britain’s cities castigates recent “regeneration” efforts, but isn’t ready to give up on the transformative potential of planning, says Sukhdev Sandhu Jones

Opinion

Rem Koolhaas: countryside architecture

Rem Koolhaas thinks that too little attention is paid to the countryside, where change is happening at a faster rate than in most cities. In

Architecture

Claude Parent: Marx and angles

Claude Parent’s radical architectural theories – rejecting “bourgeois” verticality for ramped cities and sloped buildings – chimed with the spirit of 1960s Paris Working together with Paul

Architecture

Venice Biennale 2014 – Japanese pavilion: Architecture detectives

The Venice Biennale Japan pavilion’s take on the theme of “Absorbing Modernity” focuses on a period in the 1970s when, with the country rushing into the

Architecture

Interview: Ole Scheeren

Ole Scheeren, one of architecture’s brightest talents, left OMA in 2010 to found his own practice. Last year, he talked to Icon about CCTV, his

Architecture

Phyllis Lambert on Mies and contemporary architecture

The recipient of this year’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale discusses her career, Mies and the state of contemporary architecture. For

Architecture

Profile: Fernando Romero

Fernando Romero, who once worked for Rem Koolhaas, is married to the daughter of the richest man in the world, for whom he built the

Architecture

Tomas Koolhaas: film about his father Rem

Like Nathaniel Kahn, Tomas Koolhaas has made a film about his father, the celebrated architect, but this is no intimate family portrait – Rem himself

Architecture

De Rotterdam by OMA

The building sits next to UN Studio’s Erasmus bridge (Image: Ossip van Duivenbode/OMA) Rotterdam is not a pretty city. Almost completely flattened during the Second

Architecture

Seattle Public Library

If you’re as good a writer as Rem Koolhaas, the problem is that occasionally you will be expected to build something that lives up to

Design

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Hans J. Wegner’s iconic CH88 chair celebrates its 70th anniversary

Fleur Delesalle unveils three new additions to her furniture collection

Matteo Thun & Partners turn lava stone and glass into wall covering for Florim

Julie Richoz creates a free design toolkit in partnership with A Vibe Called Tech and WePresent

Italian knitwear brand Artknit Studios brings its savoir-faire to London

The Ripple Effect: Alicja Patanowska on copper mining, meditation and working with clay

Quiet Design: How Luxury Brands Are Redefining Power Through Restraint

Triennale Milano transforms a historic Milan venue into a design-driven stage where music and collaboration lead the way

Gubi reimagines Pierre Paulin’s 1960s F300 Lounge Chair with sustainable materials for a new era




Architects

Triennale Milano transforms a historic Milan venue into a design-driven stage where music and collaboration lead the way

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Copenhagen Architecture Biennial slows down to highlight caring approaches to people and the planet

Il Sereno chair

The newly opened Darsena Listening Suite at Il Sereno in Lake Como is a playground for audiophiles

How Lake Como Design Festival became the quiet leader of a slow, local design revolution

Architects join forces to design birdhouse project for charity auction at Christie’s

24th exhibition Triennale

Triennale Milano presents 24th International Exhibition under the title Inequalities

Lee Broom unveils his first Landmark commission for London Design Festival

Architectural practice Local Local unveils a new contemporary art gallery in the heart of Athens

Archikon Architects prefabricated panel Hungary smart kindergarten

Archikon Architects uses prefabricated panel structure to build Hungary’s first smart kindergarten


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Hans J. Wegner’s iconic CH88 chair celebrates its 70th anniversary

Fleur Delesalle unveils three new additions to her furniture collection

Matteo Thun & Partners turn lava stone and glass into wall covering for Florim

Julie Richoz creates a free design toolkit in partnership with A Vibe Called Tech and WePresent

Italian knitwear brand Artknit Studios brings its savoir-faire to London

The Ripple Effect: Alicja Patanowska on copper mining, meditation and working with clay

Gubi reimagines Pierre Paulin’s 1960s F300 Lounge Chair with sustainable materials for a new era

Lucas Zito explores the evolving design capabilities of 3D printing

Meet MVE-Collection: The design studio transforming construction waste into statement furniture and objects


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Hans J. Wegner’s iconic CH88 chair celebrates its 70th anniversary

Fleur Delesalle unveils three new additions to her furniture collection

Matteo Thun & Partners turn lava stone and glass into wall covering for Florim

Julie Richoz creates a free design toolkit in partnership with A Vibe Called Tech and WePresent

Italian knitwear brand Artknit Studios brings its savoir-faire to London

The Ripple Effect: Alicja Patanowska on copper mining, meditation and working with clay

Quiet Design: How Luxury Brands Are Redefining Power Through Restraint

Triennale Milano transforms a historic Milan venue into a design-driven stage where music and collaboration lead the way

Gubi reimagines Pierre Paulin’s 1960s F300 Lounge Chair with sustainable materials for a new era