Made by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Subtitle: an Ethnography of Design
Publisher: NAi Uitgevers / Publishers Stichting
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9789064507144
Subjects: Architectural design; Architecture, netherlands
Description: Summary: The book presents an ethnographic account of the design rhythm in the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Written as a collection of short stories, it draws on the mundane trajectories of models and architects at the OMA. Includes photo documentation on various projects: the Seattle Public Library, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the China Central Television (CCTV) in Beijing, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), la Casa da Musica in Porto, etc.