first appeared in the (2001), a vast compendium of text, images, and data concerning the consumerist transformation of city and suburb from the first department store to the latest mega mall. The architect Rem Koolhaas itemized in delirious detail how our cities are being overwhelmed. His celebrated jeremiad is updated here and twinned with , a fresh response from the cultural critic Hal Foster. describes the bleak and featureless world of capitalism, while seeks to find a space within the junk in which the individual might still exist.