S, M, L, XL is a massive 1,344-page monograph and "novel about architecture" published in 1995 by architect Rem Koolhaas and graphic designer . It chronicles 20 years of work by Koolhaas’s firm, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
Published in 1995 by The Monacelli Press, this massive volume is far more than a portfolio of OMA’s work. It fundamentally changed how architectural ideas are communicated. Instead of a chronological portfolio, Koolhaas organized the work by scale—Small, Medium, Large, and Extra-Large—arguing that scale dictates the nature of the architectural problem. s m l xl rem koolhaaspdf extra quality
, with projects and essays arranged from smallest to largest. Amazon.com Small (S): S, M, L, XL is a massive 1,344-page
And here is where it gets beautiful. This is the prayer at the end of the rosary. “Extra Quality” is the plea for a scan that isn't crooked. For text that is searchable. For images that don't look like they were faxed from 1997. Instead of a chronological portfolio, Koolhaas organized the
