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Issue Ten.

Rem Koolhaas

  • The Mass of Mies

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    « Less is more »? The scale and shape of his body gave the architect Mies van der Rohe an unequaled weight and architectural authority.

  • What is a pillar?

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    In 2010, OMA was invited to take part in a competition for the Damascus National Museum. It was part of a concerted effort toward a political « rapprochement » with Bashar al-Assad. Three months later, the entire effort was cancelled. Civil war was about to break out.