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Rem Koolhaas, Architect, OMA Building, Dutch Project, Photo, Studio, Rotterdam, Office, Designs
Rem Koolhaas Architect, Holland
Contemporary Architecture Practice, The Netherlands, Europe
Rem Koolhaas - IntroductionMajor buildings by architect Rem Koolhaas, chronological:Central Chinese Television Tower, China 2011 Almere Megabioscoop - cinema multiplex, Netherlands 2007 Seattle Public Library, Seattle, Washington, USA 2004 Netherlands Embassy, Berlin, Germany 2001 Maison at Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France 1998 Lille Grand Palais, Lille, France 1994 Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1992 Rem Koolhaas Architect - Latest NewsRem Koolhaas announced as Director of 2014 Venice architecture biennale11 Jan 2013 - The Board of Directors of la Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, met today in the headquarters of Cà Giustinian and, after thanking and expressing its gratitude to David Chipperfield for the excellent results of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition, appointed Rem Koolhaas Director of the Architecture Sector, with the specific responsibility of curating the 14th International Architecture Exhibition to be held in 2014. Rem Koolhaas:  image copyright Dominik Gigler At the end of the meeting of the Board, President Paolo Baratta stated: "The Architecture Exhibitions of the Biennale have gradually grown in importance internationally. Rem Koolhaas, one of the most significant personalities among the architects of our time - who has based all his work on intense research, now renowned celebrity - has accepted to engage himself in yet another research and, why not, rethinking". On his part, Rem Koolhaas has stated: "We want to take a fresh look at the fundamental elements of architecture - used by any architect, anywhere, anytime - to see if we can discover something new about architecture." Venice architecture biennale Rem Koolhaas - Recent DesignMaggies Gartnavel, Glasgow, Scotland, UK photos © Philippe Ruault Rem Koolhaas : Latest Building Rem Koolhaas Architect - Recent NewsRem Koolhaas to receive 2012 Jencks AwardTuesday 20 November 2012, 18.30, RIBA - Public lecture by Rem Koolhaas chaired by Charles Jencks, and presentation of award Rem Koolhaas Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement / Leone d’oro alla carriera 12. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura – la Biennale di Venezia  photo © OMA; image by Blommers+Schumm The (RIBA) is pleased to announce that Rem Koolhaas is to receive the 2012 Jencks Award. The Jencks Award is given annually to an individual (or practice) that has recently made a major contribution internationally to both the theory and practice of architecture. The award will be presented to Rem Koolhaas on Tuesday 20 November at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London, where he will give a public lecture chaired by Charles Jencks. Through his research and experimentation as well as his built projects and literature, Rem Koolhaas consciously works to deepen and expand the intrinsic connection between architecture and contemporary culture. All of his projects examine ways that architecture can engage with the contemporary city and the cultural context in which it operates. Rem Koolhaas founded OMA (Office of Metropolitan Architecture) in Rotterdam in 1975 with Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp, as a collaborative office practicing architecture and urbanism. He 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 in "a novel about architecture". He heads the work of both OMA and AMO (Architecture Media Organisation), the research branch of OMA, operating in areas beyond the realm of architecture such as media, politics, renewable energy and fashion. In 2005 he co-founded Volume Magazine, a quarterly magazine on architecture and design. Central China Television headquarters in Beijing:  image copyright Philippe Ruault Rem Koolhaas’ built works include the master plan for the Eurolille, a convention centre in Lille; a dance theatre in the Hague, the Kunsthal Museum in Rotterdam, the IIT student center in Chicago, the Dutch embassy in Berlin, the Seattle Public Library; Casa da Musica in Portugal, the Central China Television (CCTV) headquarters in Beijing, Maggie’s Centre in Glasgow and New Court, the new Rothschilds Bank in London. Both of the new UK buildings are on the 2012 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist. Rem Koolhaas has won several international awards including the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2000 and the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2010 Venice Biennale. A former journalist and screenwriter, Rem Koolhaas was a Harkness fellow with O. M. Ungers at Cornell University. He has taught at the University of California at Los Angeles, Columbia University, and the Architectural Association and has been a visiting design critic and juror at universities worldwide. Rem Koolhaas is a professor at Harvard University where he conducts the Project on the City. Charles Jencks commented on Rem Koolhaas receiving the award: “Rem Koolhaas, more than any other architect of his generation, has built a parallel life between the theory and practice of architecture. This double commitment was explicitly marked in 1999 as his twin studios, OMA and AMO, the Office of Metropolitan Architecture and the Architecture Media Organisation. The former treats practical building, while the latter concentrates on cultural issues that arise with architecture. As he mentioned, “the separation of these Siamese twins enables us to liberate architectural thinking from architectural practice.” … Whatever the diagram, idea or formal invention, the theoretical part of Rem Koolhaas keeps the constructive part on edge – vital, fascinating, maddening.” Jencks Award Rem Koolhaas - Key ProjectsFeatured Buildings by Rem Koolhaas, alphabetical:
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Rem Koolhaas - Practice Information
Rem Koolhaas - Background
Rem Koolhaas was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He studied architecture at the Architectural Association, London, 1972
Rem Koolhaas studio : OMA
photograph from Nitropix 240507
Rem Koolhaas architects studio : Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Rem Koolhaas - Key Architecture Awards
Pritzker Laureate 2000
Mies van der Rohe Award 2005 [European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture] for Netherlands Embassy Berlin
Rem Koolhaas Buildings
Rem Koolhaas Projects listed chronologically:
Central Chinese Television Tower, Beijing, China 2006-08
Cornell University School of Architecture, Art & Planning, New York, USA 2007-
White City masterplan, northwest London, UK 2006-
Illinois Institute of Technology - New Student Center, USA -
Dallas Center for Performing Arts building, USA -
Almere Megabioscoop - cinema multiplex, Netherlands 2007
Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal 2006
Seattle Public Library, Seattle, Washington, USA 2004
McCormick Tribune Campus Center - IIT, Chicago, Illinois, USA 2003
Prada New York, USA 2001
Netherlands Embassy, Berlin, Germany 2001
Maison at Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France 1998
Educatorium Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands 1997
Lille Grand Palais, Lille, France 1994
Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1992
Checkpoint Charlie building, Berlin, Germany 1990
Netherlands Dance Theater, The Hague, Netherlands 1987-88
Rem Koolhaas award - Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 2004
New York Architects
Residential Complex, Singapore
image © OMA / Ole Scheeren
Singapore Building
Serpentine Pavilion London - temporary building, UK
2006
Rem Koolhaas with Cecil Balmond / Arup
Rem Koolhaas - Books
S,M,L,XL with Bruce Mau
Delirious New York
Rem Koolhaas and the Place of Modern Architecture
S,M,L,XL with Bruce Mau
Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau
Editors: Jennifer Eigler, Hans Werlemann
Rem Koolhaas Book - link to amazon
Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
Rem Koolhaas
Rem Koolhaas manifesto
OMA - Architecture Studio
Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) was created in 1975
Rem's partners were Madelon Vriesendorm and Elia and Zoe Zenghelis
First Rem Koolhaas / OMA Project
Parliament building extension, The Hague, Holland
Rem Koolhaas : Pritzker Prize Winner 2000
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