S, M, L, XLMonacelli Press, 1 déc. 1995 - 1344 pages 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. |
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Avis d'utilisateur - wysguyeman - Overstock.comSMLXL is a seminal book for architects. My daughter us an Architecture grad student and this is one of the books she really wanted for her permanent library. Many wellknown architects have this book ... Consulter l'avis complet
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Avis d'utilisateur - Katya0133 - LibraryThingThis book is a survey of Koolhaas' architecture on various scales (hence the title). Each subsection takes you through the drafts and designs for one project. Interestingly, not all of the projects ... Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
Delirious New York | 22 |
Small | 28 |
Dutch Section | 67 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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