{"product_id":"the-house-of-doctor-koolhaas-franoise-fromonot-9783038604075","title":"The House of Doctor Koolhaas: Gumshoe #1 Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eInvestigates the history of the Villa dall'Ava in the playful style of a detective novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gumshoe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written by distinguished French architectural critic and historian Fran?oise Fromonot, the first case--\u003ci\u003eThe House of Doctor Koolhaas\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fran?oise Fromonot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3038604070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783038604075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Park Publishing (WI)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Fran?oise Fromonot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526445715711,"sku":"9783038604075","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d0872f3-c112-4547-800e-2f76d616f726.jpg?v=1737556207","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-house-of-doctor-koolhaas-franoise-fromonot-9783038604075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}