Rem Koolhaas
Remment Lucas "Rem" Koolhaas (Dutch pronunciation: [rɛm koːlɦaːs]; born as Remko L. Olhaas, 17 November 1944 in Rotterdam) 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 went to the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and the 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 thought of as one of the most important architectural thinkers and urbanists of his generation.[1][2][3] In 2000, Rem Koolhaas won the Pritzker Prize.[4] In 2008, Time put him in their top 100 of The World's Most Influential People.[5]
References
change- ↑ Ouroussoff, Nicolai (September 2012). "Why is Rem Koolhaas the World's Most Controversial Architect?". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
Koolhaas' habit of shaking up established conventions has made him one of the most influential architects of his generation. A disproportionate number of the profession's rising stars, including Winy Maas of the Dutch firm MVRDV and Bjarke Ingels of the Copenhagen-based BIG, did stints in his office. Architects dig through his books looking for ideas; students all over the world emulate him. The attraction lies, in part, in his ability to keep us off balance. Unlike other architects of his stature, such as Frank Gehry or Zaha Hadid, who have continued to refine their singular aesthetic visions over long careers, Koolhaas works like a conceptual artist—able to draw on a seemingly endless reservoir of ideas.
- ↑ Quirk, Vanessa (17 November 2012). "Rem Koolhaas: A Reluctant Architect". ArchDaily.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ↑ Kunkel, Patrick (28 July 2015). "Ingrid Böck's "Six Canonical Projects by Rem Koolhaas" Dissects the Ideas that have Made Koolhaas' Career". ArchDaily.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ↑ Chevalier, Michel (2012). Luxury Brand Management. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-17176-9.
- ↑ Lacayo, Richard (30 April 2009). "Rem Koolhaas". Time Retrieved on 12 May 2008. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2010.