S, M, L, XL. Ediz. a colori

Dude, man. What's the point in even trying to write when Koolhaas is out there doing things like this with words?

I understand that to call this book a phenomenal failure is a bold statement but it is one that I am prepared to defend with specific examples, instead of asking you to take my word for it. We will use as a case study one of the most well-known sections in the book, Koolhaas' treatise on the "Generi Leggi tutto

Rem Koolhaas has established himself as one of the major thinkers of this architectural era beginning with his seminal Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan . A decade after it is written, the ideas in S,M,L,XL still serve as thought-provokers in the never-ending debate on post-m Leggi tutto

Exceptionally profound

I realized that architecture is the ultimate form of art when I saw the Seattle Public Library designed by Rem Koolhaas. Admittedly, until then I haven't expressed any interest about architecture, but seeing this impressive building I was fascinated. Ever since I got obsessed with buildings and spac Leggi tutto

I ordered a copy of the book after watching the (excellent) documentary on Koolhaas, and was particularly interested in his “Bigness” essay. What I’d like to see is a smaller version with mostly text and a few photographs. Speaking of bigness, this tome is 1350 pages, so big the spine collapsed. Leggi tutto

A powerful manifesto on "mega scale architecture" that emphasizes its usefulness on many levels. A short, but definitely worthy, reading. I wish I had read it during my Masters thesis, it would have helped clearing up my argument.