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"...exhaustive and exhausting, mad and maddening."--Metropolis Magazine

"A brilliant and stimulating exploration of the stories behind the most mundane and ubiquitous elements of architecture."--Financial Times

"A fascinating compendium of cultural references, iconic design, and everyday history that work together to turn architectural theory on its head."--Architectural Digest

"A mammoth undertaking: smashing open the last 100 years of architecture and ripping out its innards for forensic analysis."--The Guardian

"Rem Koolhaas explains it all in Elements of Architecture. With examples ranging from the Sydney Opera House to St. Peter's Basilica, this beautiful book also works as a history of architecture."--The New York Times

"...when it comes to learning about the differences in architectural evolution, this is the book."--forbes.com

Elements of Architecture focuses on the fragments of the rich and complex architectural collage. Window, fa?ade, balcony, corridor, fireplace, stair, escalator, elevator: the book seeks to excavate the micro-narratives of building detail.The result is no single history, but rather the web of origins, contaminations, similarities, and differences in architectural evolution, including the influence of technological advances, climatic adaptation, political calculation, economic contexts, regulatory requirements, and new digital opportunities. It s a guide that is long overdue in Koolhaas s own words, Never was a book more relevant at a moment where architecture as we know it is changing beyond recognition.

Derived, updated, and expanded from Koolhaas s exhaustive and much-lauded exhibition at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, this is an essential toolkit to understanding the fundamentals that comprise structure around the globe. Designed by Irma Boom and based on research from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the 2,600-page monograph contains essays from Rem Koolhaas, Stephan Trueby, Manfredo di Robilant, and Jeffrey Inaba; interviews with Werner Sobek and Tony Fadell (of Nest).