S,M,L,XL
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S,M,L,XL is a book by Rem Koolhaas
and Bruce Mau
, edited by Jennifer Sigler, with photography by Hans Werlemann.
It was first published by Monacelli Press in 1995 in New York and 010 Publishers in Rotterdam. This 1376-page-long book is a collection of essays, diary excerpts, travelogues, photographs, architectural plan
s, sketch
es, cartoons produced by Office for Metropolitan Architecture
(O.M.A.) in the past twenty years. O.M.A. is a Rotterdam
-based company founded by Koolhaas in 1975. The second edition (ISBN 3-8228-7743-3) was published in 1997, printed and bound in Italy, and has the name Rem Koolhaas printed in orange ink on the cover unlike the original which was printed in yellow. The third edition (ISBN 1885254865) was published in 1998, printed and bound in Italy, and has the name Rem Koolhaas printed in blue ink on the cover. The book weighs 6 pounds (2.7 kg).
The book became immediately popular, selling all the 30,000 copies of the first edition within months while it was counterfeited in China and Iran. The second edition printed in 70,000 copies has been subsequently exhausted as well.
Rem Koolhaas
Remment Lucas Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and "Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design" at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA. Koolhaas studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam, at the Architectural...
and Bruce Mau
Bruce Mau
Bruce Mau is a Canadian designer. Mau is the creative director of Bruce Mau Design, and the founder of the Institute without Boundaries.-Life and career:...
, edited by Jennifer Sigler, with photography by Hans Werlemann.
It was first published by Monacelli Press in 1995 in New York and 010 Publishers in Rotterdam. This 1376-page-long book is a collection of essays, diary excerpts, travelogues, photographs, architectural plan
Architectural plan
An architectural plan is a plan for architecture, and the documentation of written and graphic descriptions of the architectural elements of a building project including sketches, drawings and details.- Overview :...
s, sketch
Sketch (drawing)
A sketch is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not usually intended as a finished work...
es, cartoons produced by Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Office for Metropolitan Architecture
OMA , is a Rotterdam based architecture firm of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.The firm was founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis with Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis.-History:...
(O.M.A.) in the past twenty years. O.M.A. is a Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
-based company founded by Koolhaas in 1975. The second edition (ISBN 3-8228-7743-3) was published in 1997, printed and bound in Italy, and has the name Rem Koolhaas printed in orange ink on the cover unlike the original which was printed in yellow. The third edition (ISBN 1885254865) was published in 1998, printed and bound in Italy, and has the name Rem Koolhaas printed in blue ink on the cover. The book weighs 6 pounds (2.7 kg).
The book became immediately popular, selling all the 30,000 copies of the first edition within months while it was counterfeited in China and Iran. The second edition printed in 70,000 copies has been subsequently exhausted as well.
See also
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, an article on Singapore critiqued by Koolhaas in the book