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Koolhaas, Rem
Currently alive, at 63 years of age.
Nationality: Dutch
Categories: Architects, Professors
1944 – He was born on the 17th day of November this year in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
1952 – When Rem Koolhaas was eight, his parents moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, and lived there for four years. His father, in his writing, had strongly supported the Indonesian cause for autonomy from the colonial Dutch
1956- He worked as a reporter for the Haagse Post and as a screenwriter.
1968 – He first studied scriptwriting at the Dutch Film Academy, and was then a journalist for the Haagse Post before starting studies, in this year, in architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.
1972 – He further studies at Cornell University in New York.
1974- He won the Progressive Architecture Award with L. Spear.
1978- He conducted multiple projects in Holland, include expansion of the Hague's Parliament, driving him to move his practice (OMA) to Rotterdam
1980 – He first came to public and critical attention with OMA (The Office for Metropolitan Architecture), the office he founded in this year together with architects Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis and (Koolhaas's wife) Madelon Vriesendorp in London.
1988 – This year, he teaches at the Technical University in Delft, the Netherlands.
1991- He won the Prix d'Architecture for Villa dall'Ava, Paris, France.
1992- He awarded for The Best Building in Japan for Housing, Fukuoka, Japan by the Architectural Institute of Japan.
2000- He wins the prestigious Pritzker Price for Architecture.
2005 – He co-founded Volume Magazine together with Mark Wigley and Ole Bouman.
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Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan by Rem Koolhaas (Paperback - Dec 1, 1997) In this fanciful volume, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A.), both analyzes and celebrates New York City. By suggesting the city as the site for...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping / Harvard Design School Project on the City 2 by Jeffrey Inaba and Rem Koolhaas and Sze Tsung Leong (Paperback - Apr 17, 2002) Like a favorite shopping emporium,The Harvard Design School Guide to Shoppingis a browser's paradise. This second installment of the Project on the City aims to investigate "a general urban condition...  |
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Rem Koolhaas&Hans-Ulrich Obrist: The Conversation Series: Volume 4 (Conversation Series) (Paperback - Mar 1, 2007) In this traditional paperback, renowned critic and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist teams up with Dutch avant-garde architect and paradigm-shifting intellectual, Rem Koolhaas, for a discussion of... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Gulf by Rem Koolhaas (Paperback - Nov 3, 2006) This accordion-fold booklet contains a series of analytical views of the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf by AMO-OMA and colleagues from the American University of Sharjah, UAE. In a "futurized... In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. |
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