S M L XL Rem Koolhas / Oma / Bruce Mau Architecture

1300 pages / English #34;S, M, L, XL #34; presents a selection of the remarkable visionary design work produced by the Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.) and its acclaimed founder, Rem Koolhaas, in its first twenty years, along with a variety of insightful, often poetic writings. The inventive collaboration between Koolhaas and designer Bruce Mau is a graphic overture that weaves together architectural projects, photos and sketches, diary excerpts, personal travelogues, fairy tales, and fables, as well as critical essays on contemporary architecture and society. The book #39;s title is also its framework: projects and essays are arranged according to scale. While Small and Medium address issues ranging from the domestic to the public, Large focuses on what Koolhaas calls #34;the architecture of Bigness. #34; Extra-Large features projects at the urban scale, along with the important essay #34;What Ever Happened to Urbanism? #34; and other studies of the contemporary city. Running throughout the book is a #34;dictionary #34; of an adventurous new Koolhaasian language -- definitions, commentaries, and quotes from hundreds of literary, cultural, artistic, and architectural sources order @toagraphicbook