ABSTRACT

At first sight, it’s not so difficult to ascertain that the architect thinks. Take a look around the architecture bookshop. On the shelves, you can find books written by architects. Some famous postmodern architects even started their career by writing books on architecture. The Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas is one of them. Born in 1944 and co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in 1975, he found his way into the world of architecture by writing his influential book Delirious New York (1978).