PRESERVATION IS OVERTAKING US

Preservation is Overtaking Us brings together two lectures given by Rem Koolhaas at Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Archite cture, Planning and Preservation, along with a response (framed as a supplement to the original lectures) by Jorge Otero-Pailos. In the first essay Koolhaas describes alternative strategies for preserving Beijing, China. The second talk marks the inaugural Paul Sp encer Byard lecture, named in celebration of the longtime professor of Historic Preservation at GSAPP. These two lectures trace key moments of ...[Read more]