Topic: Rem Koolhaas

Q-Bert Will Love Rem Koolhaas' New City Hall in Rotterdam

The starchitect trumps the competition and wins a high-profile in his hometown.READ»

Today's Best Design Links

Here's a roundup of interesting design stories around the web, for today, May 11th. Rem Koolhaas recently finished up the Prada Transformer--a big, temporary building which can sit on any one of its four sides, creating ...READ»

Sad News for Architecture Fans: Portion of CCTV Complex Burns Down

In 2009, one of the most eagerly anticipated buildings in the last 20 years was to be completed: The headquarters of CCTV in Beijing, designed by Rem Koolhaas and OMA. A striking, integral piece of that complex was the nearby ...READ»

Today's Best Design Links

Here's a roundup of interesting design stories around the web, for today, May 11th. Rem Koolhaas recently finished up the Prada Transformer--a big, temporary building which can sit on any one of its four sides, creating ...READ»

Is OMA's Chinese Masterpiece Pornographic?

Chinese media is ablaze with rumors that the CCTV annex and headquarters were meant to look like a penis, next to a bent-over woman--and that exposes some truths about Chinese culture.READ»

Sunken Suburban Home Is Accidental Icon of the Post-McMansion Era

The most fitting symbols are often accidents. When flames engulfed the Mandarin Oriental Hotel inside the titanium CCTV tower design by Rem Koolhaas in Beijing last February, it felt like a comeuppance borrowed from a Tom Wolfe ...READ»

The Architect of a Different Kind of Organization

Joshua Prince-Ramus isn't just creating buildings. In a field obsessed with celebrity, he's putting the work -- and his workers -- first.READ»

Does Architecture Have a Foot Fetish?

You don't have to try very hard to spot the architecture students on a college campus. They're the ones with the carefully considered shoes (and artful eyewear). It's easy to see why architects are so selective about their footwear: ...READ»

How to Stream Your Music From Mac to Anywhere

Apple's new Mac Mini now ships with server software, but Apple's suggested uses are vanilla. With 1TB of storage and plenty of power, let's put it to good use and stream some music and movies over the Intertubes. Snow Leopard ...READ»

The Prada Transformer: A Shape-Shifting Exhibition Space

Rem Koolhaas, the brilliant, subversive force behind the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, has had a great run with Prada, functioning basically as the fashion label's court architect. In 2001, there was a clever flagship store ...READ»

Is the New Wave of Super Big Buildings Wretched Excess? Or Is Bigger Still Better?

With the NFL season less than a week old, the new $1.15 billion stadium for the Dallas Cowboys may be the most talked about piece of architecture in the country. Designed by HKS, the go-to architecture firm for splashy sports ...READ»

Truth, Beauty, and Smart Economics Converge at CNU 17

When urban planners and architects get together, you might imagine the pragmatic would get swallowed whole by the fantastical and the theoretical. Guess again!READ»

Truth, Beauty, and Smart Economics Converge at CNU 17

When regional planners and architects get together, you might think the pragmatic would take a back seat to the fanciful and the theoretical. Guess again!READ»

Seattle Reboots Its Future

The leaders of the city that Bill Boeing and Bill Gates built are asking what it will take to thrive in the 21st century.READ»

The 10 Most Creative People in Architecture

Which architects have the most unusual, influential visions for the field?READ»

The Best Architecture in the 'Star Wars' Galaxy

The Architect's Journal, a British publication, selects the most important buildings in a galaxy far, far away.READ»

Dallas's New, Cutting-Edge Theater, Explained

If you've recently been through downtown Dallas, you may have noticed a shimmering new theater, whose facade is just being completed this month. Opening in October, it was designed by REX--the firm helmed by Joshua Prince ...READ»

The Oscars of Design

If you want a look at the many ways in which extraordinary design has now permeated our lives, be sure to put the Cooper Hewitt’s new exhibit, “Design Life Now,” on your list of ‘must-sees’ if you’re in New York. The ...READ»

A Manmade Mountain, Covered in Apartments

BIG architects recently completed a housing complex billed as "beacon for architectural possibility" and a "feat of residential engineering."READ»

Design, Luxury, and Greed

Three weeks ago I watched a movie, The International, with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. It's a boys' flick about bankers, terrorists and ex-Stassi agents. Besides the glorious violence at the Guggenheim, what caught my eye was the ...READ»

Architecture That Boosts the Bottomline

How REX designs buildings that bring the developers cash.READ»

The Most Innovative Companies in Architecture

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Architecture.READ»

A Brief History of Inflatable Architecture

New York just wrapped a series of parties, held around the city inside the inflatable dome you see above. But inflatable architecture has been around for at least 40 years. Archidose just did a brilliant round-up of the ...READ»

Asian Designers Are Schooling American Architects--Here's How

Renowned Asian designers now helm two of the U.S.'s traditionally Eurocentric architecture schools. Here's what they're teaching the new generation of American architects.READ»

Would You Live in a Concert Hall?

Jim Stewart poured $24 million--which he earned writing calculus textbooks (?!)--into building his dream home. It curves at nearly every point, and is nestled on a hill outside Toronto. But that's not what makes the house ...READ»

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