Home My Account E-Library Dissertation New Arrivals YouTube Slides Facebook Library Rules Ali Imam HEC Digital Library Textile Resource Center

Welcome to Marium Abdulla Library

Embrace knowledge with a breath of fresh air.

Browse Collection

Marium Abdulla Library

JA: 1992 Annual results: house with no style 建築年鑑:新建築住宅設計競技1992結果發表

JA: 1992 Annual results: house with no style 建築年鑑:新建築住宅設計競技1992結果發表 edited by Yasuhiro Teramatsu & Shinkenchikusha. - Tokyo Shinkenchiku-Sha 1993. - 256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), plans, ports. ; 30 cm. - The Japan architect, 9, .9 .

"Spring 季刊 1993-1"--Cover

The competition brief, written by judge and architect Rem Koolhaas (founder of OMA), was a critique of contemporary architecture in the early 1990s. Koolhaas lamented the "overwhelming addiction to form, style, aesthetics, that in itself really represents a disease." He challenged young architects to shed all that was "frivolous, decorative, and showy" and focus instead on exploring new content by designing a house with "massive constraints" and a "characterless" approach. The title "House with NO STYLE" was a deliberate negation, urging entrants to interrupt the "narcissistic automatism of form-making."


English and Japanese


Architecture—Design—Competitions
Housing—Japan
Architectural theory
Modern architecture (Late 20th century).

720.952 TER / 3455