Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan

Mad New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan (Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for ManhattanPublished in 1978 by the 2000 Pulitzer Prize winner, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas (1944-), it is a retrospective statement on Manhattan's “culture of congestion” and a debatable historical study: it documents a changing urban society and the unique architecture it produces The symbiotic relationship clarifies the theories, strategies, and disguises that architects use the grid as a backdrop, to translate their aspirations into reality. An appendix to the book shows a series of design projects by Koujas and his collaborators on the theme of “Manhattan's Second Coming.”