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By Rem Koolhaas

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