{"product_id":"s-m-l-xl-small-medium-large-extra-large-hardcover","title":"S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRem Koolhaas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBruce Mau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eS, 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRunning 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRem Koolhaas\u003c\/b\u003e is founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.); the firm's most important projects include the Lille Grand Palais in Lille; the Kunsthal in Rotterdam; Netherlands Dance Theatre in The Hague; Nexus Housing in Fukuoka; the Dutch House in Holland; and Villa dall'Ava in Paris, all of which are included in \u003ci\u003eS, M, L, XL\u003c\/i\u003e. Koolhaas is author of the seminal \u003ci\u003eDelirious New York\u003c\/i\u003e and professor in practice of architecture and urban design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Mau\u003c\/b\u003e founded the critically acclaimed firm Bruce Mau Design in 1985. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLife Style\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMassive Change.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.87 x 9.47 x 7.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764951548192,"sku":"9781885254863","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a906445ae71bf12cac715d039e149780.webp?v=1780258611","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/s-m-l-xl-small-medium-large-extra-large-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}