Rem Koolhaas
names
Remment Koolhaas
lifetime
info
time line
| period | description |
|---|---|
| 1982–1983 | First Prize, Parc de la Villette Competition, Paris, France, (with Elia Zenghelis and others) |
texts
Rem Koolhaas founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in 1975 together with Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp. Having worked as a journalist and script writer before becoming an architect, Koolhaas 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 and established connections between contemporary society and architecture. At this moment Rem Koolhaas is heading the work of OMA as well as AMO - the conceptual branch of OMA, a think tank focused on social, economic, and technological issues.
Rem Koolhaas is a professor at Harvard University where he conducts the Project on the City, a research program investigating changing urban conditions around the world. The projects include a study on China's Pearl River Delta (published as Great Leap Forward), an analysis of the role of retail and consumption in the contemporary society (The Harvard Guide to Shopping), and studies on Rome, Lagos, Moscow and Beijing.
Recently, OMA has completed the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin, a campus center at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, the Prada Epicenter in Los Angeles and the Public Library in Seattle. The Seattle Library was chosen by TIME Magazine as The Best Architecture for 2004 and was described by the New York Times as: “At a dark hour: Seattle's new Central Library is a blazing chandelier to swing your dreams upon. If an American city can erect a civic project as brave as this one, the sun hasn't set on the West.” (May 16th 2004)
In April 2005 the Casa da Musica concert hall in Porto was completed and was already voted as one of the most important concert halls in the world by the New York Times (April 10th 2005). In Asia, work has begun on CCTV - a 575,000 m² headquarters, studio, and cultural center for China's national broadcaster, China Central Television, in Beijing. CCTV is OMA's largest building to date, and is to be completed by 2008, in time for the Beijing Olympic Games. Another project currently being developed in Beijing entails the renovation of a 50,000 m² bookstore and the addition of an extension, which will double the size of the building to one of the largest bookstores in the world.
Recent AMO projects include a study for the European Commission on the visual identity of the EU, image restructuring for Condé Nast magazines Lucky and Wired, a study on the future of the automobile for Volkswagen, and a study concerning preservation for the city of Beijing. By combining AMO and OMA Rem Koolhaas is seen as one of the most important thinkers of the last decades. Nicolai Ouroussoff critic for Los Angeles Times underlines this by: “There is little question that Rem Koolhaas is one of the most influential architects of the last 20 years. As an architectural thinker, his cool analytic approach to design, sprinkled wit h a healthy skepticism, has informed the profession that his fingerprints can be found on the work of almost any young architect today. Koolhaas has achieved the enviable stature of both cult idol and international celebrity.” (May 21st 2004)
The work of Rem Koolhaas and the OMA has been celebrated as well by several international awards, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize (2000) and the RIBA Gold Medal (2004). In 2005 Rem Koolhaas received the Mies van der Rohe Award for the Netherlands Embassy, Berlin. This award is presented every two years by the European Union and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe (Barcelona) to acknowledge and reward quality architectural production in Europe. The jury singled out OMA's design of the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin for the extraordinary relationship established with its surroundings. In making their decision to award the Netherlands Embassy, the jury commended the “quality of the urban reflection and intelligence of the concept implemented, especially as regards the unprecedented concept of “trajectory” and the new potential it brings to this project of great complexity”.
Koolhaas' work was the subject of an overview exhibition, Content, which opened at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin in 2003 and at the Kunsthal (built by OMA) in 2004. In conjunction with the exhibition, a book of the same name was published in 2003 by Taschen Books. Content illustrates the ways that Rem Koolhaas and OMA-AMO interact with the world and how the world in turn influences their work. An exhibition by AMO on representation in and the perception of Europe was on display last Fall in Brussels and at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. In summer 2005 Rem Koolhaas curated one of the exhibitions titled “Expansion & Neglect” for the prestigious Biennale in Venice.
map/aerial view
projects
- CCTV headquarters
-2008
Beijing, China
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coal washing plant conversion (Zeche Zollverein Schacht XII)
2006-08
Essen, Germany
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Nuevo Palacio de Congresos - Palacio del Sur
2002, 2005-08
Cordova, Spain
- Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2005
2005 [wieder abgebaut]
London, Great Britain
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Eremitage - Umbauprojekt
2003-05 [project ?]
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Samsung Child Education & Culture Center
2004
Seoul, South Korea
- Seattle Central Library
2004
Seattle, United States of America
- Casa da Música
2004
Porto, Portugal
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Prada Epicenter store
2003-04
Beverly Hills, United States of America
- Souterrain Tram Tunnel
2003-04
The Hague, Netherlands
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Prada Tower
2002-04
San Francisco, United States of America
- Royal Dutch embassy
2000-04
Berlin, Germany
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Paard van Troje
2002-03
The Hague, Netherlands
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Museum Ludwig - Umbau
-2001, -2002
Cologne, Germany
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housing and parking Carré
2002
Breda, Netherlands
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Benedikt Taschen Guest House
2002
Los Angeles, United States of America
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Hermitage Guggenheim Gallery Exhibition Hall at the Venetian Casino Resort
-2001
Las Vegas, United States of America
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Prada Flagship store
2001
New York City, United States of America
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Service Tunnel in Den Haag
1994-2000
The Hague, Netherlands
- Second Stage Theatre
1999
New York City, United States of America
- IIT extension
1998
Chicago, United States of America
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House near Bordeaux
1994-98
Floirac, France
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Kavel 24 Apartment building
1988-98
The Hague, Netherlands
- Educatorium, University of Utrecht
1993-97
Utrecht, Netherlands
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Public toilet
1996
Groningen, Netherlands
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New Inchon International Airport (Seoul International Airport)
1995 [project]
Incheon, South Korea
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Tate Gallery Extension
1994-95 [project]
London, Great Britain
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Hypo-Theatiner-Zentrum im Gablerhaus
1994-95 [project]
Munich, Germany
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Almere Urban Redevelopment
1994-95 [project]
Almere, Netherlands
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Library
1992-95 [project]
Paris, France
- Euralille
1989-95
Lille, France
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Opera
1994 [project]
Cardiff, Great Britain
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Miami Performing Arts Center
1994 [project]
Miami, United States of America
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woonhuis
1992-94
Holten, Netherlands
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Museumspark Rotterdam
1993
Rotterdam, Netherlands
- KunstHal Rotterdam
1993
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Yokohama Urban Ring
1992 [project]
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Nexus World housing
1991
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Byzance housing, offices, stores
1991
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Congress Centre in Agadir
1990 [project]
Agadir, Morocco
- Grand Palais exhibition and congress center
1990
Lille, France
- Bus stop with video screen
1989-90
Groningen, Netherlands
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Villa Dall'Ava
1985-88, 1989-90
Saint-Cloud, France
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Sea Trade Center - Terminal
1989 [project]
Brygge, Belgium
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Bürostadt
1989 [project]
Frankfort (Main), Germany
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ZKM - Center for Art and Media
1989 [project]
Karlsruhe, Germany
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Internationales Geschäftszentrum
1989 [project]
Lille, France
- Wohnhaus am Checkpoint Charlie
1989
Berlin, Germany
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housing
1988
Groningen, Netherlands
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housing
1988
Amsterdam, Netherlands
image list
awards
| year | description | section | level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Pritzker Price | ||
| 2003 | Praemium Imperiale | architecture | |
| 2004 | Gold medal, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) | ||
| 1972 | Harkness Travel Fellowship while at the Architectural Association, London, UK | ||
| 1978 | First Prize, Dutch Parliament House Extension Competition, The Hague, Netherlands, (with Elia Zenghelis and Zaha Hadid) | ||
| 1975 | Progressive Architecture Magazine Prize |
address
- Netherlands
- country
- Southern Holland
- province
- Rotterdam
- city
- Heer Bokelweg 149
- street
- +31 10 2438200
- phone
- +31 10 2438202
- fax
- are-office-yvdyvct[at]kfrj-oma.nl
- http://www.oma.nl
- website / homepage
- United States of America
- country
- New York
- state
- Kings County
- county
- New York City
- city
- Manhattan
- district
- 180 Varick Street
- street
- Suite 1328
- Adresszusatz
- +1 646 2306557
- phone
- +1 646 2306558
- fax
publications
- Mies in America
R. Koolhaas, P. Lambert, W. Oechslin
Harry N. Abrams; 2003
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Atelier Van Lieshout
R. Koolhaas, B. Lootsma, J. van Lieshout, Kölnischer Kunstverein, P. De Jonge, U. Kittelmann
1997
- Rem Koolhaas
Conversations with Students
R. Koolhaas, S. Kwinter, S. Kwinter, S. T. Leong
Princeton Architectural Press; 1995
- Herausgeber: Rice University
- Four Spaces Four Architects
R. Koolhaas
Nai Publishers; 1997
- Yves Brunier
landscape architect
J. Nouvel, R. Koolhaas, Y. Brunier, O. Fillion, H. Tonka
Birkhäuser Verlag; 1996
- Colours
Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Norman Foster, Alessandro Mendini
A. Mendini, N. Foster, R. Koolhaas, G. Mack
Birkhäuser Verlag; 2001
- 240 colour and 90 b/w illustrations.
- OMA@work
1972-2000
R. Koolhaas
The Japan Architect Company Ltd; 2000
- Mutations
R. Koolhaas, S. Boeri, S. Kwinter, N. Tazi, D. Fabricius
Actar; 2001
- Plastic cover
- Delirious New York
A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
R. Koolhaas
Monacelli Press; 1997
- Informal
The Informal in Architecture and Engineering
R. Koolhaas, C. Jencks, C. Brensing, C. Balmond, J. Smith
Prestel Verlag; 2002
- content
Eine agressive, politische »Fortsetzung« von SMLXL
R. Koolhaas
Taschen Verlag; 2004
- The Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping / Harvard Design School Project on the City 2
R. Koolhaas, S. T. Leong, C. J. Chung, J. Inaba
Taschen Verlag; 2002
- Atlanta
R. Koolhaas, E. Miralles, R. Dagenhart, J. Bernado, M. L. Borras, R. Argullol, R. Prat, R. Roark
1996
- S,M,L,XL
R. Koolhaas, B. Mau, J. Sigler
Taschen Verlag, Monacelli Press; 1996
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OMA - Rem Koolhaas
Living | Vivre | Leben
R. Koolhaas
Birkhäuser Verlag; 1999
- Mies in America
R. Koolhaas, P. Eisenman, P. Lambert, W. Oechslin, D. Mertens
Harry N. Abrams; 2001
- Projects for Prada Part 1
R. Koolhaas, M. Kubo, M. Prada, P. Bertelli
Fondazione Prada; 2001
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Ivan Leonidov
R. Koolhaas, G. Oorthuys
Rizzoli; 1981
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Der Park als Bühne, die Natur als Schauspiel
in: Bauwelt: Der Park, 12/1986
R. Koolhaas
page 415–417
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La découverte du Pavillon de Barcelone
in: L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1986,245
R. Koolhaas, Office for Metropolitan Architecture
- Stadt gegen Peripherie
in: arch+: ChaosStadt - Stadtmodelle nach der Postmoderne, 10/1990,105/106
R. Koolhaas
page 76–77
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Ayuntamiento de La Haya | The Hague City Hall
in: Arquitectura: revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, 1992,290
R. Koolhaas
page 93–96
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OMA: stazione degli autobus a Rotterdam
in: Domus, 1988,699
R. Koolhaas
page 1–2
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La Biblioteca de Paris | Paris Library
in: Arquitectura: revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, 1992,290
R. Koolhaas
page 97–100
- Die Inszenierung der Ungewissheit, Rem Koolhaas im Gespräch mit Nikolaus Kuhnert und Philipp Oswalt
in: arch+: ChaosStadt - Stadtmodelle nach der Postmoderne, 10/1990,105/106
R. Koolhaas, N. Kuhnert, P. Oswalt
page 68–72
- interview
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Studieplan Koolhaas voor koepel in Arnhem: eerste aanzet tot omslag in het beleid
in: Architect, 5/1986
R. Koolhaas
page 76–83
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Tempo 160: Transkription eines Dia-Vortrags zur »Plankton City«
in: Archithese, 1/1990
R. Koolhaas
page 39–43
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Vom Sinn des Details - 16 Statements
in: Detail: Vom Sinn des Details | The Purpose of Details, 8/2000
K. Ackermann, R. Koolhaas, T. Ando, M. von Gerkan, Á. Siza, K. J. Schattner, T. Ito, K. Sejima, J. Schlaich, mvrdv, G. Perraudin, A. Hunt, C. Ingenhoven, M. Cucinella
page 1426–1438
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Grands projets en Europe
in: AMC - Architecture, mouvement, continuite, 1989,4
H. Hollein, R. Koolhaas, S. Calatrava Valls, P. Chemetov, B. Huidobro
page 16–33
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Architecture and limits (?)
in: Artforum, 1/1981
B. Tschumi, R. Koolhaas, A. J. Plattus
page 40–52
- Paris La Défense
in: arch+: Der Sprawl, 12/1991,109/110
R. Koolhaas
page 44–50
- Delirious New York
in: arch+: ChaosStadt - Stadtmodelle nach der Postmoderne, 10/1990,105/106
R. Koolhaas
page 58–67
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Le contexte, la splendeur terrifiante du XXe siècle
in: L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1985,238
R. Koolhaas
page 15
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Cities within the city
in: Lotus International: L'isolato urbano | The urban block, 1978,19
H. Kollhoff, O. M. Ungers, R. Koolhaas, A. A. Ovaska, P. Riemann
page 82–97
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Office for Metropolitan Architecture
in: Archis, 3/1989
R. Koolhaas, S. von Moos, K. Bosma, H. van Dijk
page 12–51
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Berlino: idee massacrate
in: Casabella, 1991,585
R. Koolhaas
page 27–27,61
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Postmodern urbanism
in: DBR, 1989,17
R. Koolhaas, L. Lefaivre, G. Shane, R. Ingersoll, F. E. Martin, C. Ahlgren, C. Rowe
page 11–30
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A foundation of amnesia
in: Design quarterly, 1984,125
R. Koolhaas
page 4–11
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Woontypologieën voor een moderne levensstijl: Poëtisch woningbouwproject van OMA in Japan
in: Architect, 12/1991
R. Koolhaas
page 40–51
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Arthur Erickson vs the »All Stars«: The battle of Bunker Hill
in: Trace, 1981,3
R. Koolhaas, I. Wakefield
page 9–15
- Lille, Office of Metropolitan Architecture
in: arch+: Die Gestaltung der Landschaft, 6/1992,112
R. Koolhaas
page 53–56
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Berlin: the massacre of ideas
in: Archithese, 2/1992
R. Koolhaas
page 43
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Office for Metropolitan Architecture
in: Architectural Design, 5/1977
R. Koolhaas, K. Frampton, G. Baird, D. Porphyrios
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Atlanta
in: Quaderns d'arquitectura i urbanisme, 1990,184
R. Koolhaas
page 105–113
- Das Atlanta-Experiment
in: arch+: ChaosStadt - Stadtmodelle nach der Postmoderne, 10/1990,105/106
R. Koolhaas
page 73–75
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Special feature: Rem Koolhaas, Office for Metropolitan Architecture: architecture and non-architecture
in: A+U, 10/1988,217
R. Koolhaas, S. von Moos
page 11–158
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Rem Koolhaas - O.M.A. 1987-1992
in: El Croquis, 1992,53
R. Koolhaas, A. Zaera Polo
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Urbanism after innocence: four projects
in: assemblage, 1992,18
R. Koolhaas
page 82–113
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Case di abitazione a Fukuoka (Giappone): Rem Koolhaas
in: Domus, 1991,730
R. Koolhaas, E. Morteo
page 33–43,XXI-XXII
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Wolkenkratzerkulturen, Hochhäuser als Elemente amerikanischer Stadtentwicklung
in: Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, 12/1991
R. Koolhaas
page 50–55
references
- Niederländische Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts
H. Ibelings
Prestel Verlag; 1995
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OMA. Rem Koolhaas
J. Lucan
Artemis - Verlag für Architektur; 1991
- content
Eine agressive, politische »Fortsetzung« von SMLXL
R. Koolhaas
Taschen Verlag; 2004
- Rem Koolhaas
Conversations with Students
R. Koolhaas, S. Kwinter, S. Kwinter, S. T. Leong
Princeton Architectural Press; 1995
- Herausgeber: Rice University
- OMA Rem Koolhaas Living, Vivre, Leben
Birkhäuser Verlag; 1998
- 230 Abb., davon 80 farbig.
- Philip Johnson im Gespräch mit Rem Koolhaas und Hans Ulrich Obrist
A. Zybach, T. Bayrle
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König; 2003
- More is More
OMA / Rem Koolhaas - Theorie und Architektur
H. Sinning
Wasmuth Verlag; 2000
- 38 Abbildungen
- Colours
Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Norman Foster, Alessandro Mendini
A. Mendini, N. Foster, R. Koolhaas, G. Mack
Birkhäuser Verlag; 2001
- 240 colour and 90 b/w illustrations.
- OMA@work
1972-2000
R. Koolhaas
The Japan Architect Company Ltd; 2000
- Delirious New York
A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
R. Koolhaas
Monacelli Press; 1997
- Projects for Prada Part 1
R. Koolhaas, M. Kubo, M. Prada, P. Bertelli
Fondazione Prada; 2001
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Architekten - Rem Koolhaas und OMA.
IRB Verlag; 2005
- tagesaktuell
- S,M,L,XL
R. Koolhaas, B. Mau, J. Sigler
Taschen Verlag, Monacelli Press; 1996
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Rem Koolhaas
trasparenze metropolitane
L. Prestinenza Puglisi
Testo & Immagine; 1997
- Mutations
R. Koolhaas, S. Boeri, S. Kwinter, N. Tazi, D. Fabricius
Actar; 2001
- Plastic cover
- Rem Koolhaas
A. Cuito, C. Montes
te Neues Publishing Company; 2002
- arch+: Rem Koolhaas, 1993,117
- arch+: Rem Koolhaas/Projekte und Texte 1993-1996, 1996,132
- El Croquis: OMA/Rem Koolhaas 1992/1996, 1996,79
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El Croquis: Rem Koolhaas/O.M.A. 1987/1992, 1992,53
- auch als in Leinen gebundene Sonderausgabe erhältlich
- Links zu OMA / Rem Koolhaas Sites vom niederländischen Archined
http://www.archined.nl/links/src_rk.htm
- Website des Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
http://www.oma.nl
- umfangreiche Bibliografie zu Rem Koolhaas (I)
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/library/bibliographies/koolhaa.htm
Frances Loeb Library, Harvard University
- umfangreiche Bibliografie zu Rem Koolhaas (II)
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/library/bibliographies/kool98.htm
Frances Loeb Library, Harvard University
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Koolhaas: dessiner, entre indétermination et spécificité
in: L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1990,269
C.-A. Boyer
page 34–39
- interview
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Rem Koolhaas, architect
in: Dutch heights, 3/1987
page 26
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Rem Koolhaas - O.M.A. 1987-1992
in: El Croquis, 1992,53
R. Koolhaas, A. Zaera Polo
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Rem Koolhaas
in: AMC - Architecture, mouvement, continuite, 1984,6
page 16–23
- interview
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Brok praat met Koolhaas
in: Bouw, 17/1987
J. Rutten
page 10–12
- interview
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Rem Koolhaas architectonic scenarios and urban interpretations
in: Dutch art + architecture today, 1982,12
H. van Dijk
page 205–227
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Rem Koolhaas, Samtale ved Hajime Yatsuha
in: Skala, 1990,21
page 26–33,1
- interview
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Rem Koolhaas ja Office for Metropolitain Architecture OMA | About Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitain Architecture
in: Arkkitehti, 5/1988
J. Verwijnen
page 30–43
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OMA, Office for Metropolitan Architecture: Interviews with Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis
in: L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1985,238
P. Goulet
page 1–14
- interview
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Rem Koolhaas/OMA: urban constructions
in: Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Newsline, 1/1992
T. Riley
page 2
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Actualidad de una tierra artificial: nuevos movimientos en la tranquilidad holandesa
in: A & V, 1989,19
P. Buchanan
page 4–11
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The diary of an architect [Rem Koolhaas]
in: Forum voor architectuur en daarmee verbonden kunsten, 4/1988
H. Kerkdijk, A. Wortmann
page 39–45
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Tragico ed esilarante: l'effetto Koolhaas in Francia
in: Casabella, 1990,570
J.-C. Garcias
page 29–32,60-61
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»Siempre me ha inquietado el tipo estándar de arquitecto con una carrera exitosa« | »I've always been anxious with the standard typology of the average architect with a successful career«
in: Quaderns d'arquitectura i urbanisme, 1989,183
M. Cervelló
page 80–103
- interview
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OMA, en ville
in: Techniques & Architecture, 1988,380
page 84
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El interés por lo artificial
in: A & V, 1989,19
F. Bollerey
page 18–23
- interview
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Delirious visions [Rem Koolhaas]
in: Blueprint, 1988,44
J. Abrams, F. Huygen
page 32–36
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Modificeret modernisme: om arkitekten Rem Koolhaas
in: Arkitektur DK, 7/1988
F. Skude
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La grande ville [interview with Rem Koolhaas]
in: L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1989,262
Y. Brunier, B. Fortier
page 90–103
- interview
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Rem Koolhaas: Sur la crête de la vague moderne
in: Techniques & Architecture, 1988,380
M.-C. Loriers
page 76–77,86
- interview
- Die erschreckende Schönheit des 20. Jahrhunderts, Rem Koolhaas im Gespräch mit Patrice Goulet, N. Kuhnert
in: arch+: Fertig zum Abhub, 1986,86
N. Kuhnert, P. Goulet
page 34–43
- interview
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…immer wieder eine Mischung von Verführung und Ungenießbarkeit ins Spiel bringen
in: Bauwelt, 17-18/1987
F. Bollerey
page 627–633
- interview
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Not so delirious modernism [Rem Koolhaas]
in: Art in America, 4/1988
J. S. Merkel
page 27–33
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OMA/Rem Koolhaas-Ausstellung im Basler Architekturmuseum
in: db, 5/1988
H. Fischer
page 120
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- AA booklets with a critical mission
The famous London Architectural Association School of Architecture has launched a new publication series entitled Architecture Words. Thomas Wensing read two volumes and doubts whether the critical aspirations of the AA have been achieved.ArchiNed.nl – news
The Architectural Association (AA) is simultaneously unique and snobbish. This educational institute offers avant-garde architecture inside the straitjacket of an English gentleman’s club. This can be explained by its ex…
- Blue Foam
Whole books have been filled in efforts to interpret the work of Rem Koolhaas. But according to Albena Yaneva of the Manchester School of Architecture, his work can only be understood through the design process that unfolds inside the office on Heer Bokelweg in Rotterdam.ArchiNed.nl – news
According to Yaneva, architecture is all too often interpreted in terms of theoretical movements, the individual background of the architects, or the socio-cultural conditions in which a building is created. Yaneva suspected…
- Lars Spuybroek: The Architecture of Continuity
It’s striking that architects who are active in the field of ‘non-standard architecture’ always have difficulty presenting their work to a wider audience, even if that audience consists of fellow architects. The presentations may be slick and the images seductive, but the language is often incomprehensible. Lars Spuybroek is one of the few who doesn’t become entangled in technical jargon. In his lively lectures he cites unexpected historical sources and deals with what are almost everyday, and certainly centuries-old, architectural problems. A new book entitled The Architecture of Continuity contains a compilation of essays and conversations about his work. That raises expectations. Does this book help us to understand ‘non-standard-architecture’*?ArchiNed.nl – news
The Architecture of Continuity is, for the most part, a real textbook. All but two of the essays and conversations were published previously. You have to have what it takes as a writer to pull that off, and Spuybroek deserves the b…
- True Cities: a photo(geo)graphic installation by Charlie Koolhaas
Photographs by Charlie Koolhaas are on show through March 26 at Aedes architecture gallery in Berlin. The exhibition True Cities offers an exciting and disturbing portrait of four rapidly growing cities.ArchiNed.nl – news
Nothing is more fascinating to an architect and urban designer than a rapidly growing city. New buildings that continually transform the city‘s appearance, the changing lifestyle of inhabitants, the struggle to survive in the …
- Venice (2) the national pavilions
Out There: Architecture Beyond Building is the motto of the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale. The national pavilions also make their contribution to this theme, which can be taken in a socially engaged or a more abstract and conceptual direction. Here are some striking pavilions selected by the ArchiNed editors.ArchiNed.nl – news
Flagrant Délit
Amongst all the young, experimental, activist, ‘out there’ and ‘beyond’ offices in the Italian pavilion in the Giardini (which included many Dutch contributors), a number of old masters have been inc…
- Greetings from… Beijing!
You land at Beijing's new airport, the flying dragon by Norman Foster. What next? What else does Beijing have to offer besides icons and olympics? An update from Beijing.ArchiNed.nl – news
Art districts
As noted last year, ChaoChangdi is the new place to see modern Chinese art and architecture. Once a village, the place has filled in recent years with art galleries and artists’ studios. The architecture is …
- Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008Detail Online – news
The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008, which gives England the first built project by legendary architect Frank Gehry, is now open to the public. The spectacular structure is anchored by four massive steel columns and is comprised of l…
- Snøhetta builds new Center in Saudi ArabiaDetail Online – news
On May 20th King Abdulla laid the foundation stone for the King Abdullah Center for Knowledge and Culture. The Norwegian architects Snøhetta AS won a competition among fife invited architects amongst others like Zaha Hadid and Rem …
- The Prada Art Foundation model unveiledDetail Online – news
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture OMA unveiled their plans for the new Prada Art Foundation. A tower by Rem Koolhaas, which will be integrated in an early 20th century industrial site south of Milan is supposed to become a n…
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