Rem Koolhaas
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Remment Lucas Koolhaas (Dutch pronunciation: [rɛm koːlɦaːs]; born 17 November 1944) 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. He is often cited as a representative of Deconstructivism and is the author of Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan.[1]
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Born | Remment Lucas Koolhaas (1944-11-17) 17 November 1944 (age 79) Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Alma mater | Architectural Association School of Architecture, Cornell University |
Occupation(s) | Architect Architectural theorist Urbanist |
Awards | Pritzker Prize (2000) Praemium Imperiale (2003) Royal Gold Medal (2004) Leone d'oro alla carriera (2010) Rolf Schock Prize (2022) |
Practice | Office for Metropolitan Architecture |
Buildings | Casa da Música in Porto De Rotterdam Seattle Central Library Netherlands Embassy Berlin China Central Television Headquarters Qatar National Library |
Projects | Delirious New York, S,M,L,XL Volume Magazine |
He is seen by some as one of the significant architectural thinkers and urbanists of his generation, by others as a self-important iconoclast.[2][3][4][5] In 2000, Rem Koolhaas won the Pritzker Prize.[6] In 2008, Time put him in their top 100 of The World's Most Influential People.[7] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2014.[8]