Preservation is Overtaking Us brings together two lectures given by Rem Koolhaas at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, along with a response (framed as a supplement to the original lectures) by Jorge Otero-Pailos. In the first essay Koolhaas describes alternative strategies for preserving Beijing, China. The second talk marks the inaugural Paul Spencer Byard lecture, named in celebration of the longtime professor of Historic Preservation at GSAPP. These two lectures trace key moments of Koolhaas' thinking on preservation, including his practice's entry into China and the commission to redevelop the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. In a format well known to Koolhaas' readers, Otero-Pailos reworks the lectures into a working manifesto, using it to interrogate OMA's work from within the discipline of preservation.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia Books on Architecture and the City
ISBN-13
9781883584740
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208855087
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Building Services Engineering
Author
Jorge Otero-Pailos, Mark Wigley, Rem Koolhaas, Jordan Carver
Publication Name
Preservation Is Overtaking US
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
100 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
189mm
Item Width
146mm
Item Weight
124g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Rem Koolhaas, Mark Wigley, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Jordan Carver