Date posted: June 15, 2008
The Informal City is governed by an inverse logic of the fixed and the ephemeral. Rigid structures are temporary and can be replaced at any time, whereas ephemeral structures are permanent, not in terms of site or structure, but as building types that pop up everywhere and at any time.
Date posted: May 11, 2008
Here, as at the Bellagio, the Wynn and other new or revamped resorts, we see how Las Vegas is still showing the way. Luxury brands are the new museum pieces. People watching is the new theatre.
Date posted: April 4, 2008
As you may have noticed if you browse through my photo archive, I have a fascination for street vendors and street food.
Date posted: March 21, 2008
There is a remarkable correlation between the world of contemporary architecture and the stock market, especially in the US.
Last update: November 9, 2007
Ricky Burdett, Deyan Sudjic [eds.]: The Endless City (2008)
Ole Bouman, Rem Koolhaas, Mitra Khoubrou [eds.]: Al Manakh (2007)
Rem Koolhaas, Stefano Boeri, Sanford Kwinter, Nadia Tazi and Hans Ulrich Obrist: Mutations (2001)
AMOMA/Rem Koolhaas: Content (2004)
Robert Venturi, Denise Scott-Brown and Steven Izenour: Learning from Las Vegas (1977)
Momoyo Kaijima, Junzo Kuroda and Yoshiharu Tsukamoto: Made in Tokyo (2001)
Neil Brenner and Roger Keil [eds.]: The Global Cities Reader (2006)
Lagos Wide and Close. An Interactive Journey into an Exploding City (dir. Bregtje van der Haak, Commentary Rem Koolhaas)
Caracas. The Informal City (dir. Rob Schroeder)
Zygmunt Bauman, City of Fears. City of Hopes (2003)
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