Small, medium, large, extra-large office for metropolitan architecture

Author

• Koolhaas, Rem

Additional Author(s)

• Mau, Bruce
• Sigler, Jennifer

Publisher

New York: The Monacelli Press, 1995

Language

English

ISBN

9781885254863

Series

Subject(s)

• ARCHITECTURE, MODERN-20 TH CENTURY
• CITY PLANNING
• OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE

Notes

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Abstract

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.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xxxii, 1347 p.

Dimension

24 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Foreplay --
Small: Nexus World Housing, Fukuoka, Japan ; Renovation of Hotel Furka Blick, Switzerland ; Villa D'alla, St. Cloud, Paris, France ; Video bus stop, Groningen, Netherlands --
Medium: Renovation of a Panopticon Prison, Arnhem, Netherlands ; Housing Kochstrasse/Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, Germany ; Extension of the Dutch Parliament, The Hague, Netherlands ; Netherlands Dance Theater, The Hague, Netherlands, Morgan Bank, Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Biocenter, University of Frankfurt, Germany ; Hotel and Convention Center, Agadir, Morocco ; Architecture Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands ; Museum Park, Rotterdam, Netherlands ; Kunsthal I, Rotterdam, Netherlands ; Kunsthal II, Rotterdam, Netherlands ; Project for an Office City, Frankfurt Airport --
Large: Boompjes TowerSlab, Rotterdam, Netherlands ; The Hague City Hall, Netherlands ; Sea Terminal, Zeebrugge, Belgium ; Très Grande Bibliothèque, Paris, France ; Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany ; Congrexpo (Lille Grand Palais), Lille, France --
Extra Large: Bijlmermeer Redevelopment, Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Point City/South City, Project for Redesigning Holland ; Parc de la Villette, Paris, France ; Exposition Universelle 1989, Paris, France ; Ville Nouvelle Melun-Sénart, France ; Transportation Exchange Centers for Benelux ; Mission Grand Axe, La Défense, Paris, France ; Zac Danton Office Tower, La Défense, Paris, France ; Euralille: Centre International d'Afffaires, Lille, France ; Urban Design Forum, Yokohama, Japan ; 2 Bibliothèques Jussieu, Paris, France.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	01323/19	720.92 Koo S	Library - 7th Floor	Available