Architecture Against Architecture

What should architects do in the 21st century? A manifesto on what is possible in the age of climate change, AI and Inequality.

About the author

Reinier de Graaf (1964, Schiedam) is a Dutch architect and writer. He is a partner in the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), where he leads projects in Europe, Russia and the Middle East. Reinier is the co-founder of OMA's think-tank AMO and Sir Arthur Marshall Visiting Professor of Urban Design at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession and the novel The Masterplan. He lives in Amsterdam.

Product details

• Authors: Reinier De Graaf, Reinier de Graaf
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 24.03.2026
• EAN: 9781804299036
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-903-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Sustainability, Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / Essays, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, Construction and building industry