Life:
Brief introduction from Wikipedia:
Remment Lucas “Rem” Koolhaas (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 the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Koolhaas is the founding partner of OMA, and of its research-oriented counterpart AMO based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In 2005, he co-founded Volume Magazine together with Mark Wigley and Ole Bouman.
He is widely regarded as one of the most important architectural thinkers and urbanists of his generation. In 2000, Rem Koolhaas won the Pritzker Prize. In 2008, Time put him in their top 100 of The World’s Most Influential People.
About from oma.eu/partners/rem-koolhaas
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 such as media, politics, renewable energy and fashion. Koolhaas is a professor at Harvard University where he conducts the Project on the City. In 2014, he was the director of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, entitled “Fundamentals”.
Architecture:
Main Publications:
- S M L XL
- Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
- Project Japan: Metabolism Talks…
- Junkspace / Running Room
- The Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping / Harvard Design School Project on the City 2
Useful Links:
- oma.eu
- dezeen.com/tag/rem-koolhaas
- archdaily.com/tag/rem-koolhaas
- world-architects.com/en/oma/
- archilovers.com/rem-koolhaas
- pritzkerprize.com
- vimeo.com/OMA
