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Coronavirus money could solve climate crisis but hopes of change are “wishful thinking” says Rem Koolhaas

July 11, 2020 Marcus Fairs 0

The money governments have committed to supporting economies hit by coronavirus could instead solve climate change, according to architect Rem Koolhaas. The sums involved are “clearly enough to settle that issue,” he said. However, the Dutch architect said he believes the world will quickly try to revert to how it was before the pandemic, predicting

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VDF and MPavilion present video talks with Rem Koolhaas, Carme Pinós, Glenn Murcutt and more

June 25, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

For the second part of Virtual Design Festival’s collaboration with Melbourne’s MPavilion, we present interviews with architects Bijoy Jain, Rem Koolhaas, David Gianotten, Carmé Pinos, Sean Godsell and Glenn Murcutt. Tune in from 12:00pm UK time. MPavilion has teamed up with Virtual Design Festival today to celebrate the launch of its book MPavilion: Encounters with Design

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Countryside, The Future exhibit has “nothing to do with architecture” says Rem Koolhaas

February 21, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Countryside, The Future, Guggenheim exhibit by Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas’s exhibition exploring the countryside at New York’s Guggenheim museum aims “to put the countryside on the agenda again”. Koolhaas developed the Countryside, The Future exhibit with his research studio AMO, its director Samir Bantalm and a series of collaborators. The aim is to highlight advancements in rural areas through a series of case studies. “This

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Countryside, The Future exhibit has “nothing to do with architecture” says Rem Koolhaas

February 21, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Countryside, The Future, Guggenheim exhibit by Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas’s exhibition exploring the countryside at New York’s Guggenheim museum aims “to put the countryside on the agenda again”. Koolhaas developed the Countryside, The Future exhibit with his research studio AMO, its director Samir Bantalm and a series of collaborators. The aim is to highlight advancements in rural areas through a series of case studies. “This

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Guggenheim New York releases teaser video ahead of Rem Koolhaas Countryside exhibition

February 11, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Guggenheim New York releases teaser video ahead of Rem Koolhaas Countryside exhibition

The “most radical” changes to civilisation come from the countryside rather than cities, according to architect Rem Koolhaas, who will explore the topic in a major exhibition opening at New York’s Guggenheim Museum next week. The architect and AMO, the research arm of his firm OMA, have produced the Countryside, The Future exhibit to spotlight rural

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Guggenheim New York announces Rem Koolhaas exhibit Countryside, The Future

October 31, 2019 Kristine Klein 0
Rem Koolhaas Countryside, The Future Exhibition at Guggenheim

Rem Koolhaas will explore the radical change of the countryside in an exhibition coming to New York’s Guggenheim museum next year. Opening February 2020, Countryside, The Future will showcase findings from an ongoing investigation led by Koolhaas and AMO, the research arm of the architect’s firm OMA. The aim of the project is to take

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Guggenheim New York announces Rem Koolhaas exhibit Countryside, The Future

October 31, 2019 Kristine Klein 0
Rem Koolhaas Countryside, The Future Exhibition at Guggenheim

Rem Koolhaas will explore the radical change of the countryside in an exhibition coming to New York’s Guggenheim museum next year. Opening February 2020, Countryside, The Future will showcase findings from an ongoing investigation led by Koolhaas and AMO, the research arm of the architect’s firm OMA. The aim of the project is to take

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West must lose “sense of superiority” towards China, Russia and Middle East says Rem Koolhaas

December 5, 2018 India Block 0

Rem Koolhaas says the west is missing out on crucial conversations about architecture and urbanism because of a prejudice towards projects in authoritarian countries. Dutch architect Koolhaas, who said he “believes deeply in democracy”, has warned that an automatically negative approach to work completed in China, Russia and the Arabic-speaking world is counter-productive. “In China,

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OMA’s Fondazione Prada Torre opens with quirky interiors and renowned contemporary art

April 26, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

A room filled with giant spinning mushrooms and a set of bright yellow-green bathrooms are among the surprises found inside the OMA-designed Torre, which opened last week as the final part of the Fondazione Prada arts complex in Milan. The white concrete structure that towers over the converted industrial site in the south of the

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AMO creates “open-ended” display system for Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum

December 22, 2017 Ali Morris 0

OMA’s research and design studio AMO has created a display system made up of 43 slim free-standing steel walls for the permanent collection of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum. Called Stedelijk Base, the light and flexible display system features freestanding walls made from 15-millimetre-thick steel plates developed by Tata steel in the Netherlands. The laser-cut pieces are then coupled together to create

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