Rem Koolhaas

REM KOOLHAAS. 20,923 likes · 33 talking about this. Rem Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and "Professor in Practice of...

Rem Koolhaas (Rotterdam, 1944) founded OMA in 1975 together with Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp. He graduated from the Architectural Association in London and in 1978 published Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan. In 1995, his book S,M,L,XL summarized the work of OMA in "a novel about architecture". He heads the work of both OMA and AMO, the research branch of OMA, operating in areas beyond the realm of architecture. His built work includes the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow (2015), Fondazione Prada in Milan (2015), the headquarters for China Central Television (CCTV) in Beijing (2012), Casa da Musica in Porto (2005), Seattle Central Library (2004), and the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin (2003). Current projects include the Qatar Foundation headquarters, Qatar National Library, Taipei Performing Arts Centre, a new building for Axel Springer in Berlin, and Factory in Manchester. Koolhaas is a professor at Harvard University and in 2014 was the director of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, entitled Fundamentals. 

The Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas is a champion of the new who is bitterly disappointed by most new things. Daniel Zalewski’s Profile of the man who designed the new Seattle Public Library.

With OMA's list of acclaimed alumni, it is not a stretch to call OMA founder Rem Koolhaas (born 17 November 1944) the godfather of contemporary architecture.

Born in Rotterdam, Rem Koolhaas spent four years of his youth in Indonesia, where his father served as director or a newly formed cultural institute. Following in the footsteps of his literary father, Koolhaas began his career as a writer. He was a journalist for the Haase Post i

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Dezeenwire: Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement ahead of La Biennale di Venezia 12th International Architecture Exhibition next month. See press release below. See all our stories about Rem Koolhaas in our special category. Rem Koolhaas Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Kazuo Shinohara Golden Lion in memoriam The

Age has not tempered the Dutch architect, who at 67 continues to shake up the cultural landscape with his provocative designs

Rem Koolhaas: Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect known for buildings and writings that embrace the energy of modernity. Koolhaas worked as a journalist before becoming an architect. Changing his focus to architecture, from 1968 to 1972 he studied at the Architectural Association in London, and from 1972 to 1975 he

Remment Lucas "Rem" Koolhaas (Dutch pronunciation: [rɛm koːlɦaːs]; born 17 November 1944) is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. Koolhaas studied at