Dutch Architect Rem Koolhaas buildings

Dutch Architect Rem Koolhaas
Born:
1944 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Education:
Architectural Association, London, 1972
Selected Projects:

1987: Netherlands Dance Theater, The Hague, Netherlands
1991: Nexus Housing, Fukuoka, Japan
1992: Kunsthal, Rotterdam
1994: Lille Grand Palais, Lille, France
1997: Educatorium, Utrech, Netherlands
1998: Maison à Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
2001: Netherlands Embassy, Berlin, Germany
2003: Seattle Public Library, Seattle, Washington
2008: CCTV Building, Beijing, China
Proposed: Seaterminal, Zeebrugge, Belgium

Styles and Ideas:

Deconstructionism
Modernism
Structuralism

Quotes:

"We have, in a certain sense, turned away from the Constructivists because they were being horribly misused. Dutch architecture seemed in danger of becoming a repetition of three buildings, which is why we decided to back off."
— Rem Koolhaas, quoted in The Critical Landscape, by Arie Graafland and Jasper de Haan

"As more and more architecture is finally unmasked as the mere organization of flow—shopping centers, airports—it is evident that circulation is what makes or breaks public architecture...".
— Rem Koolhaas, architect's statement for the MoMA expansion project

Related People:

Arata Isozaki
Walter Gropius
I.M. Pei

About Rem Koolhaas:

Although he was born in Rotterdam, Rem Koolhaas spent four years of his youth in Indonesia, where his father served as cultural director. Following in the footsteps of his literary father, Koolhaas began his career as a writer. He was a journalist for the Haase Post in The Hague, and later tried his hand at writing movie scripts.

Koolhaas's writings won him fame in the field of architecture before he completed a single building. After after graduating from the Architecture Association School in London, he accepted a research fellowship in the United States. During his visit, he wrote Delirious New York, which he described as a "retroactive manifesto for Manhattan" and which critics hailed as a classic text on modern architecture and society.

In 1975, Koolhaas founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in London with Madelon Vriesendorm and Elia and Zoe Zenghelis. Focusing on contemporary design, the company won a competition for an addition to the Parliament in The Hague and a major commission to develop a master plan for a housing quarter in Amsterdam.

Delirious New York was reprinted in 1994 under the title Rem Koolhaas and the Place of Modern Architecture. The same year, Koolhaas published S,M,L,XL in collaboration with the Canadian graphic designer Bruce Mau. Described as a novel about architecture, the book combines works produced by Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture with photos, plans, fiction, cartoons and random thoughts.

Rem Koolhaas has been called in turns Modernist and Deconstructivist, yet many critics claim that he leans toward Humanism. Koolhaas's work searches for a link between technology and humanity. Koolhaas was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2000.

Photos:

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