Sizes Small to Extra Large Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau, and Hans Werlemann Collection

C-H: Great book for anyone.

United States on Mar 07, 2022

Mia: a good portion of this book is photos and images. Idk if it is just mine or in general ... but printed images and photos in my book are very low quality...

United States on Nov 15, 2021

Alexandre: Trata-se de uma mescla, bem escrita e bem montada, entre teoria e prática na arquitetura. Vale a leitura, sobretudo por se tratar de um autor reconhecido mundialmente pelos textos publicados, e pelas obras construídas!

Brazil on Jul 17, 2021

Giovanni: Ormai una pietra miliare dell'Architettura. 1000 pagine ricche di immagini e contenuti. Un libro inusuale che apre la mente. Forse tra i primi a creare un vero distacco con i libri del passato. Lo consiglio vivamente.

Italy on Apr 10, 2021

Vinícius Pádua: Um livro denso, com pensamentos, escritos, descrições detalhadas do raciocínio que conduziu a realização de projetos memoráveis de Koolhaas, com uma dose se irreverência e ilustrações as mais variadas possíveis. Não à toa é uma de suas obras mais importantes.

Brazil on Apr 01, 2021

Andres: El libro es excelente, considerando que es usado esta en un estado aceptable, un poco elevado el precio considerando el estado del libro.

United States on Mar 31, 2021

Connery: One of the quintessential architecture books of the 90’s. The book contains an informative look into the work of Rem Koolhaas and OMA, and it utilizes a unique style of graphic organization that is quite refreshing.

Contains beautiful drawings, photographs, and renderings.

Canada on Aug 09, 2020

j2003b: Rem Koolhaas, in terms of theoretical discourse sets the bar in SMLXL for architects, urban designers and planners at an international scale. This books is the foundation of many of his most recent work. It's theories, mainly in regards to the 'Generic City' are visible in our worlds largest cities to the most rural areas on Earth. Truly a must have for anyone in the design or built environment fields.

United States on Dec 16, 2013

Di W George: I have to say that it's a bit difficult to go through, because it's a GIANT book. I tried reading every bit of it from the first page, and it seemed like I'd never finish. I put it down for a little while, and now I just pick it up and start reading from any random page. I don't agree with some of Rem's design ideals but I've learned a lot from this book.
Another thing to mention here is the great graphic design by Mau, it gives you a lot of ideas just from looking into any random page! I learned about Mau in school and absolutely love his designs!
Very worthy book to have in your book collection!

United States on Apr 17, 2011

tallmanbaby: I write as someone who loves to have a vaguely speculative architecture book on the go. This book is an obvious addition to my reading but it does come with a hefty price tag. It is also the size of a medieval bible, or a couple of housebricks. This is a very big book.

People might well be wary as to whether this is something that they want to invest the time, money and shelf space for.

Well, I would describe it as a collage of sorts. It contains a variety of writings, plans, diagrams, and photos. Although it is ostensibly about architecture and urbanism, it does not really go into specifying toilets or building standards. This is about architects as heroic creators of imaginary worlds, that sometimes become real. It also includes a listing of quotes arranged in alphabetical order running as a sidebar across many of the pages. In the conclusion of the book these are attributed. They are a thought provoking selection coming form such sources as JG Ballard, Wim Wenders, Umberto Eco, Jorge Luis Borges etc.

It is not really a didactic book, it is not a manifesto, more it is the scrapings from notebooks and writing, and photos, etc etc. It is a late night whimsy...

United Kingdom on Mar 20, 2011