Main entry:

Koolhaas, Rem, author.

Title & Author:

Elements / Rem Koolhaas ; editor in chief, James Westcott ; editors, Ben Davis [and 6 others] ; contributors, Tom Avermaete [and 5 others] ; associate editors, Rebecca Bego [and 6 others].

Publication:

[Venice] : Marsilio, [2014]

Description:

15 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm

Notes:
Issued in slipcase.
"A series of 15 books accompanying the exhibition Elements of Architecture at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale"--Slipcase
Published in conjunction with the Elements of architecture exhibition, held in the Central Pavilion during the 14th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy, June 7-Nov. 23, 2014.
"A group of students from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, led by Rem Koolhaas/AMO and Stephan Trüby, and organized by Dean Mohsen Mostafavi, were engaged in a multi-year research studio in Rotterdam and Cambridge, which formed the basis for this book and the exhibition "Elements of Architecture" at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale"--Colophon
Title from slipcase; statement of responsibility from [book 1] colophon.
Includes bibliographical references.
[book 1]. Floor -- [book 2]. Wall -- [book 3]. Ceiling -- [book 4]. Roof -- [book 5]. Door -- [book 6]. Window -- [book 7]. Façade -- [book 8]. Balcony -- [book 9]. Corridor -- [book 10]. Fireplace -- [book 11]. Toilet -- [book 12]. Stair -- [book 13]. Escalator -- [book 14]. Elevator -- [book 15]. Ramp.

Summary:

Architecture is a strange mixture of persistence and flux, an amalgamation of elements -- some that have been around for over 5,000 years and others that were (re)invented yesterday. The fact that these elements change independently of each other, according to different cycles and economies, and for different reasons, turns each building into a complex collage of the archaic and the current, the site-specific and the standard, mechanical smoothness and the spontaneous. Only by looking at the elements under a wide lens can we recognize the cultural preferences, forgotten symbolism, technological advances, mutations triggered by intensifying global exchange, climatic adaptions, political calculations, regulatory requirements, new digital regimes, and, somewhere in the mix -- the ideas of the architect that constitute the practice of architecture today. A collection of these essential elements into 15 books in a package launched at the 2014 Venice Biennale that allows us to look through a microscope at the real fundamentals of our buildings and see again the essential design techniques used by any architect, anywhere, anytime.

ISBN:

9788831720199 (set)
8831720198 (set)
9788891012982 (v. 1)
889101298X (v. 1)
9788891012999 (v. 2)
8891012998 (v. 2)
9788891013125 (v. 3)
8891013129 (v. 3)
9788891013101 (v. 4)
8891013102 (v. 4)
9788891013002 (v. 5)
8891013005 (v. 5)
9788891013019 (v. 6)
8891013013 (v. 6)
9788891013071 (v. 7)
8891013072 (v. 7)
9788891013026 (v. 8)
8891013021 (v. 8)
9788891013118 (v. 9)
8891013110 (v. 9)
9788891013033 (v. 10)
889101303X (v. 10)
9788891013064 (v. 11)
8891013064 (v. 11)
9788891013040 (v. 12)
8891013048 (v. 12)
9788891013057 (v. 13)
8891013056 (v. 13)
9788891013095 (v. 14)
8891013099 (v. 14)
9788891013088 (v. 15)
8891013080 (v. 15)
9788831720182 (set)
883172018X (set)

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 21st century Exhibitions.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture Italy Venice Exhibitions.
Prefabricated houses Chile.
Architecture 21e siècle Expositions.
Architecture 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture Italie Venise Expositions.
Architecture.
Architecture, Modern.
Prefabricated houses.
Chile.
Italy Venice.

Form/genre:

Exhibition Publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Westcott, James, 1979- editor.
Davis, Ben, 1979- editor.
Avermaete, Tom, contributor.
Bego, Rebecca, editor.
Izdatelʹskai︠a︡ gruppa AMO, sponsoring body.
Harvard University. Graduate School of Design, sponsoring body.
International Architectural Exhibition (14th : 2014 : Venice, Italy). sponsoring body.
Elements of architecture.

Holdings:

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Notes: In slipcase
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Copy: book 2
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Copy: book 3
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Copy: book 4
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Copy: book 5
Notes: In slipcase
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Copy: book 6
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Copy: book 7
Notes: In slipcase
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Copy: book 8
Notes: In slipcase
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Copy: book 9
Notes: In slipcase
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Location: Library main 317778-9
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Copy: book 10
Notes: In slipcase
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Location: Library main 317778-10
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Copy: book 11
Notes: In slipcase
Status: Available

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Copy: book 12
Notes: In slipcase
Status: Available

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Copy: book 13
Notes: In slipcase
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Copy: book 14
Notes: In slipcase
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Location: Library main 317778-14
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Copy: book 15
Notes: In slipcase
Status: Available