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Rem Koolhaas

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Overview

Rem Koolhaas is a Dutch architect born in Rotterdam in 1944.1 He co-founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in 1975 and received the Pritzker Prize in 2000.2,3 Accounts of his work emphasize both his writing and theoretical interests and OMA’s research-oriented, collaborative structure.4,5

At a glanceSourced facts
Rem Koolhaas 2013
Plate I · Wikimedia CommonsPresentation of Rem Koolhaas's book "Delirious New York" in Garage Center for Contemporary CultureStrelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design from… · CC BY 2.0 · Commons

At a glance

Early life and education

Koolhaas spent part of his childhood in Indonesia, where his father held a cultural post.1,3 His father was a Dutch writer, film critic, and film-school director who supported Indonesian autonomy from colonial rule.1,3 Koolhaas returned to Rotterdam in 1956, according to his account.1 He began studying architecture in London in 1968, and a Harkness Fellowship brought him and Madelon Vriesendorp to New York in 1972.3

You can see clearly how no one uses the ceiling anymore to create an aesthetic or deal with ornamentation, except in a very repressed way.
Rem Koolhaasin W Magazine, 2014

Sources

  1. 1Tim Adams meets architect Rem Koolhaasthe Guardian · News · Tier B
  2. 2ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)getty.edu · Universities & libraries · Tier B
  3. 3Repeat Writings on Architecture - Oedipus Rem - About Rem KoolhaasAbout Rem Koolhaas · Other · Tier C
  4. 4Spotlight: Rem KoolhaasArchDaily · Other · Tier C
  5. 5Rem Koolhaas Is Not a StarchitectW Magazine · Other · Tier C

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Image plates

10 images · Wikimedia Commons

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IIRem Koolhaas inspecting the Seattle Central Library model.Flickr.com user "goldberg" · CC BY-SA 2.0
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IIISeattle Central Library by architect Rem KoolhaasUser DVD R W on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
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IVSeattle Central Library by architect Rem KoolhaasUser DVD R W on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Seattle Public Library main branch night
VSeattle Public Library designed by Rem Koolhaas.Cyprien Lomas · CC BY-SA 2.0
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VIInside the Seattle Central LibraryHan Zheng · CC BY-SA 2.0
Seattle Central Library New Books - Flickr - brewbooks
VIILike a river of books viewed from ten floors above On a photo tour of Seattle Central Library with listorama seattle 036brewbooks from near Seattle, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
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VIIIA small section of the exterior glass wall at Seattle Central Library.Andrew Smith from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Angular Facade of Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal
IXThe monumental geometry of Casa da Música reveals its most abstract side in this view, where sharp concrete planes intersect under Porto’s blue sky.Dale Cruse - 10M views from San Francisco, CA, USA · CC BY 4.0
Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal
XCasa da Música in Porto is one of Europe’s most celebrated examples of contemporary architecture.Dale Cruse - 10M views from San Francisco, CA, USA · CC BY 4.0
Staircase Detail at Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal
XIThis angled view of Casa da Música in Porto highlights the dramatic exterior staircase that seems to float from the building’s faceted concrete walls.Dale Cruse - 10M views from San Francisco, CA, USA · CC BY 4.0

Lifeline

1944–2006 · scroll to travel

  1. 1944

  2. 1956

  3. 1968

  4. 1975

  5. 1991

    Villa dall’Ava in Saint-Cloud, Rem Koolhaas, 1991.Wikimedia Commons ↗
    Villa dall'Ava
    Villa dall’Ava in Saint-Cloud, Rem Koolhaas, 1991.Dimitra Sapanidou · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

  6. 2002

    Fictional flag invented by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas in 2002.Wikimedia Commons ↗
    European Union barcode flag by Rem Koolhaas (2002)
    Fictional flag invented by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas in 2002.Rem Koolhaas · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

  7. 2006

    Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2006 by Koolhaas and Balmond.Wikimedia Commons ↗
    Serpentine Gallery pavilion 2006 by Koolhaas and Balmond - geograph.org.uk - 214757
    Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2006 by Koolhaas and Balmond.David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

7 dated events from this entry and its sources · Age: years since birth in 1944

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