Rem Koolhaas Buildings
Five striking buildings by rem koolhaas.
Rem koolhaas buildings. Join us as we take a look at the most significant buildings by architect rem koolhaas and discover his architectural philosophy. By hannah marti n. Always innovative and constantly futuristic in his style koolhaas is the perfect addition to the series bold voices portraits of the creative pioneers which describes the visionaries of our time. Rem koolhaas rotterdam 1944 founded oma in 1975 together with elia and zoe zenghelis and madelon vriesendorp.
If you want to find out even more about these famous rem koolhaas buildings you can click on the building names to get additional information. Koolhaas inherited his love for literature from his father and started his professional life as a writer. The list you re viewing is made up of many different buildings including seattle central library and china central television headquarters. The de rotterdam complex located in the dutch city of the same name was devised as a vertical city and is composed of three towers.
In 1995 his book s m l xl summarized the work of oma in a novel about architecture. He graduated from the architectural association in london and in 1978 published delirious new york. On his birthday ad looks back at five memorable projects by architect rem koolhaas. October 31 2014 photo.
He initiated the career as a journalist and later on turned into a movie writer. Discover eight of rem koolhaas s most dazzling buildings. He co heads the work of both oma and amo the research.