S,M,L,XL
 Book cover ofS,M,L,XL | |
| Editor | Jennifer Sigler |
|---|---|
| Author | Rem Koolhaas Bruce Mau |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Architecture |
| Publisher | Monacelli Press |
Publication date | October 31, 1995 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 1376 pp. |
| ISBN | 1-885254-01-6 |
| OCLC | 34225456 |
S,M,L,XL(ISBN1-885254-01-6) is a book byRem KoolhaasandBruce Mau,edited by Jennifer Sigler, with photography by Hans Werlemann.
Overview
[edit]The book was first published byMonacelli Pressin 1995 in New York and 010 Publishers in Rotterdam. It is a 1376-page-long collection of essays, diary excerpts, travelogues, photographs,architectural plans,sketchesand cartoons produced by theRotterdam-basedOffice for Metropolitan Architecture(founded by Koolhaas) in the twenty years prior to publication. The second edition (ISBN1885254865) was published in 1997, printed and bound in Italy, and has the nameRem Koolhaasprinted in orange ink on the cover unlike the original which was printed in yellow. The third, special edition (ISBN3822877433) was published in December 1998, printed and bound in Italy, and has the nameRem Koolhaasprinted in blue ink on the cover. The book weighs 6 pounds (2.7 kg).[1]
Reception
[edit]The book became immediately popular, selling all the 30,000 copies of the first edition within months[2]while it was counterfeited in China.[3]The second edition printed in 70,000 copies has been subsequently exhausted as well.[2]
See also
[edit]- "Disneyland with the Death Penalty",an article on Singapore critiqued by Koolhaas in the book
References
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