{"product_id":"the-house-of-doctor-koolhaas","title":"The House of Doctor Koolhaas","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description-text\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eGumshoe is a new series of architectural books that introduces an original approach to the writing of architectural history. It returns the focus of architectural discourse back onto buildings in a style and form that is fresh and scholarly but also easy and enjoyable to read. It emulates the detective novel—a form of writing beloved by many, but also one that has enjoyed a parallel academic life in disciplines and by writers in fields as diverse as psychoanalysis (Sigmund Freud), film (Sigfried Kracauer), and art history (Carlo Ginzburg)—but, significantly, not yet by architecture. Each volume will investigate a singular building as if it were a mystery waiting to be solved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by distinguished French architectural critic and historian Françoise Fromonot, the first case—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe House of Doctor Koolhaas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—is about the Villa dall’Ava, a private residence in Saint-Cloud, a suburb of Paris. Fromonot brilliantly unpicks, explains, and interprets this very first building completed by Rem Koolhaas, who is universally regarded as the world’s most celebrated architect, and his Rotterdam-based firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture. The house is resolutely part of a modern architectural canon, but until now has not been the focus of a dedicated book or analysis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003eFrançoise Fromonot\u003cbr\u003ePark Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003ePaperback, 224 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003eISBN 9783038604075\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Park Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49394211422443,"sku":"9783038604075","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0508\/1061\/files\/71hu0TauwGL._SL1500.jpg?v=1789157532","url":"https:\/\/store.hammer.ucla.edu\/products\/the-house-of-doctor-koolhaas","provider":"Hammer Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}