{"product_id":"s-m-l-xl-9781885254863","title":"S M L XL","description":"\u003cp\u003eCelebrating 30 years of the groundbreaking publication by iconoclastic architect Rem Koolhaas and designer Bruce Mau  now reissued in a new collectible colorway 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 books 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665867530293,"sku":"ByrdShop_1885254865","price":124.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781885254863.jpg?v=1782411277","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/s-m-l-xl-9781885254863","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}