Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect (Full Stream) / Markus Heidingsfelder & Min Tesch
A Kind of Architect, is a 2008 documentary about Pritzker Architecture Prize winning architect, Rem Koolhaas. The film features interviews from other architects and friends about Koolhaas and provides a look into his process and his impact on design culture. A Kind of Architect was filmed by Markus Heidingsfelder and Min Tesch, and produced by Arthouse Films. –@ybaynes Rarely has an...
ArchitectureDocumentaryOffice for Metropolitan ArchitectureOMARem KoolhaasThe Netherlands
CCTV Headquarters / OMA (UPDATED)
Designed by OMA, the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, China is finally complete. Designboom has a host of images, photographs from OMA, premiere architecture photographer Iwan Baan and Philippe Ruault. The project has been a decade in the making, with the proposal by the world-renown Dutch architecture office winning in 2002, to breaking ground with construction of the […]
ArchitectureBeijingChinaIwan BaanOMARem Koolhaas
Cruel Summer Pavilion / OMA
Cruel Summer is a new “7-Screen Experience” short film and art installation by Kanye West which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this week. Similar to West’s 2010 short film, Runaway, this installation and film will be used to promote the new album by G.O.O.D. Music, which will also be called Cruel Summer. This is the first project by Kanye West’s […]
ArchitectureCannes Film FestivalCruel SummerFranceGOOD MusicInstallationKanye West
Taipei Performing Arts Centre / OMA
Last week, OMA released renderings of the Taipei Performing Arts Centre. True to the OMA (recycled) aesthetic, the Performing Arts Centre is made up of volumes intersecting at unpredictable angles accompanied by various surface treatments. They broke ground and construction began last week. The building is scheduled to open in 2015. –@ybaynes Watch an animation explaining the design of...
ArchitectureOMATaipeiTaiwan