S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large

Rem Koolhaas; Bruce Mau

ISBN 10: 1885254016 / ISBN 13: 9781885254016

Verlag: The Monacelli Press, 1995

Beschreibung

First Edition, Later Print boldly signed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect and author Rem Koolhaas on one of the half-title pages without inscription using silver marker. Contents identical to the First Edition, the only difference being in the color of the writing on the front cover and spine (light blue and black instead of yellow and black). Illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs, drawings, facsimiles and plans. "Conceived by Rem Koolhaas--author of Delirious New York--and Bruce Mau--designer of Zone--as a free-fall in the space of the typographic imagination, the book's title, Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large, is also its framework: projects and essays are arranged according to scale. The book combines essays, manifestoes, diaries, fairy tales, travelogues, a cyle of meditations on the contemporary city, with work produced by Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture over the past twenty years. This accumulation of words and images illuminates the condition of architecture today--its splendors and miseries--exploring and revealing the corrosive impact of politics, context, the economy, globalization--the world." -- the publishers. (Note: Photos may show magnified dust, a flash reflection, or color washout.) Paypal always welcome. We pack all our books with care and ship in cardboard boxes or priority envelopes secured with cardboard. Additional photos emailed upon request. Overseas shipping is $77.00. Priority Mail. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 11-13-18-5

Bibliografische Details

Titel: S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra ...

Verlag: The Monacelli Press

Erscheinungsdatum: 1995

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe:

Book by Koolhaas Rem Mau Bruce

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S,M,L,XL 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'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 "the architecture of Bigness." Extra-Large features projects at the urban scale, along with the important essay "What Ever Happened to Urbanism?" and other studies of the contemporary city. Running throughout the book is a "dictionary" of an adventurous new Koolhaasian language -- definitions, commentaries, and quotes from hundreds of literary, cultural, artistic, and architectural sources.