Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas (Rotterdam, 1944) founded OMA in 1975 together with Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp. 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 co-heads the work of both OMA and AMO, the research branch of OMA, operating in areas beyond the realm of architecture. His built work includes the Axel Springer Campus in Berlin (2020), the Qatar National Library and the Qatar Foundation Headquarters (2018), Fondation Galeries Lafayette in Paris (2018), Fondazione Prada in Milan (2015/2018), Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow (2015), the headquarters for China Central Television (CCTV) in Beijing (2012), Casa da Musica in Porto (2005), Seattle Central Library (2004), and the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin (2003). Current projects include the Taipei Performing Arts Centre and the renovation of Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Koolhaas directed the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, is a professor at Harvard University, and curated Countryside: The Future (2020), an exhibition about the non-urban areas around the globe that opened in February 2020 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Projects
- (Im)Pure, (In)Formal, (Un)Built
- A4 Corridor
- Abuja Aist
- Agadir Convention Centre
- Airport 2000
- Al Faisaliah II
- Alliance Française
- Almere Block 6
- Almere Masterplan
- Anish Kapoor House
- ArcelorMittal HQ
- Ascot Residence
- Astor Place Hotel
- Auguste Perret: Huit Chefs d’oeuvre !/?
- Axel Springer Campus
- Balandra Bay
- Baltic Pearl
- Barcelona Airport Terminal
- Basel Burghof
- Beijing Books Building
- Beijing Central Business District
- Beijing Preservation
- Bijlmermeer Redevelopment
- Binhai Mansion
- Biozentrum
- Bocconi Urban Campus
- Bologna Tecnopolo
- Boompjes
- Boompjes 60-68
- Bordeaux 50000 - Mérignac-Soleil Masterplan
- Bordeaux Euratlantique
- Bovisa Masterplan
- Breda Carré Building
- Breda Chassé Campus
- Breda Chassé Parking
- Breuninger
- Brighton College
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
- Bus Terminal
- Byzantium
- C3 Maastowers
- CCTV – Service Building
- CCTV – Television Cultural Centre
- CCTV – Headquarters
- CCTV – Media Park
- Caltrans District 7 HQ
- Carrefour
- Casa Palestra
- Casa da Musica
- Casarts
- Checkpoint Charlie Apartments
- Chu Hai College
- Churchillplein
- Cities On The Move
- City Hall The Hague
- City in The Desert
- Congrexpo
- Content
- Cordoba Congress Centre
- Darling Harbour Live
- Das Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts
- De Bol
- De Brink Apartments
- De Rotterdam
- Dee and Charles Wyly Theater
- Delta Metropool
- Display of Displays
- Downsview Park
- Dubai Renaissance
- Dutch House
- Dutch Parliament Extension
- EU Barcode
- Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne – Learning Center
- Edouard Malingue Gallery
- Educatorium
- El Baijo
- Electronic Showroom
- Endurance Community Village
- Essence Financial Building
- Euralille
- Eurodisney
- Europe Iconography
- European Central Bank
- European School Strasbourg
- Eusebius Tower
- Exposition Universelle
- Flick House
- Fondation Galeries Lafayette
- Fondation Pinault
- Fondazione Prada
- Frankfurt Flughafen
- Furka Blick
- G-Star Raw HQ
- Galeries Lafayette: Chronicles of a Creative Itinerary
- Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
- Gazprom Headquarters
- Genoa Port
- Gent Forum
- Gent Oude Dokken
- Global Financial Centre On The Bund
- Guangdong Baosteel Building
- Guangzhou Opera House
- H Project
- HIA Airport City
- Hamburg Science Center
- Hanoi New Town Masterplan
- Harvard
- Haus Um Die Schenkung
- Havas Siege Sociale
- Hermitage 2014
- Hermitage Guggenheim
- Hermitage Museum
- Het Paard van Troje
- Hilton Hotel
- Hollocore Ruhrgebiet
- Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities
- Hyperbuilding
- Hypobank
- IIT McCormick Tribune Campus Center
- IJ Plein Masterplan, School and Gymnasium
- Idea Vertical Campus
- Ij Oever
- Il Fondaco dei Tedeschi
- Ile Seguin
- Inchon Song–Do New Town
- India Tower
- International Criminal Court
- Irish Prime Minister's Residence
- Istanbul Courtyard-Tower
- Jebel Al Jais Mountain Resort
- Jeddah International Airport
- Jussieu – Two Libraries
- KANAL
- KUBE
- Kansai Kan
- Kochstrasse / Friedrichstrasse Housing
- Koepel Panopticon Prison
- Koningin Julianaplein
- Koninginnegracht
- Kunsthal
- Kuwait Al Rai Masterplan
- La Defense Masterplan
- La Defense Projet Phare
- Lacma Extension
- Law, Business and Economics Complex
- Leeum Museum
- Lehmann Maupin Gallery – Hong Kong
- Lehmann Maupin Gallery – New York
- Les Halles
- Logroño
- Luxor Theatre
- MCA Masterplan
- MEETT Toulouse Exhibition and Convention Centre
- MPavilion
- Maggie's Centre - Gartnavel
- Maison à Bordeaux
- Making Doha
- Marina Abramovic Institute
- Mercati Generali
- Mercedes Office Village
- Miami Performing Arts Center
- Milstein Hall Cornell University
- Mission Grand Axe
- Moca Roma
- Moma Charette
- Monaco Hotel
- Morgan Bank
- Multi Media Building
- Museumpark
- NATO
- Nai Schatkamer
- Nancy Artem Campus
- National Art Museum of China
- National Museum of Archeology and Earth Sciences
- National Museum of China
- Nea Krini Pier
- Nederland nu als Ontwerp
- Netherlands Architecture Institute
- Netherlands Dance Theater
- Netherlands Embassy
- New Court Rothschild Bank
- New Museum
- New Seoul International Airport
- New Tretyakov
- Nexus World Housing
- OMA*AMO for/with Prada
- OMA/Progress
- Oostelijke Handelskade
- Palais de Justice de Lille
- Papendorp
- Parc de la Villette
- Patio Villa
- Philips
- Pierre Paulin Program
- Plaine Du Var
- Pointcity/Southcity
- Police Station
- Porsche Towers
- Portable Classic
- Prada Catwalk Man SS 2010
- Prada Epicenter London
- Prada Epicenter Los Angeles
- Prada Epicenter New York
- Prada Epicenter San Francisco
- Prada Epicenter Shanghai
- Prada Lookbook FW 2010
- Prada Lookbook SS 2009
- Prada Sponge
- Prada Transformer
- Prada Waist Down
- Prada in Store Technology
- Prins Clausplein
- Qatar National Library
- Qianhai Port City
- Quai d'Orsay 21
- Quartier Joliot Curie Masterplan
- Riga Contemporary Art Museum
- Riga Port City
- Rue de la Loi
- S Project
- SSI Towers
- Saitama Arena
- Sant’Elia
- Schiphols
- Seattle Central Library
- Seoul National University Museum Of Art
- Serial Classic
- Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
- Shanghai Expo 2010
- Shenzhen Stock Exchange
- Sighvatsson House
- Signal Tower
- Simone Veil Bridge
- Small Hermitage
- Souterrain Tram Tunnel
- South Beach Ace
- Sportmuseum
- Stad aan de Stroom
- Station City
- Stedelijk BASE
- Stedelijk Museum
- Stockholm Olympic Stadium
- Strelka
- Super and Popular
- Syracuse Greek Theatre Scenography
- TGI De Paris
- TM2
- Taipei Performing Arts Center
- Taschen House
- Tate Modern
- Tencent Beijing Headquarters
- Tenerife Link Quay
- The Distributed House
- The Exhibition Hall
- The Image of Europe
- The Twins
- Togok Towers
- Tools For Life
- Torenstraat
- Torre Bicentenario
- Transferia
- Très Grande Bibliothèque
- UN City
- UN North Delegates Lounge
- UNO – Maison des Droits de L’homme
- Uithof
- Umm Abirieh Farm
- Union Station
- Universal Headquarters
- Unveiling the Prada Foundation
- Venice Biennale 2005: Expansion Neglect
- Venice Biennale 2006: The Gulf
- Venice Biennale 2010: Cronocaos
- Video Bus Stop
- Viktor & Rolf Men's Store
- Villa dall'Ava
- Ville Nouvelle Melun Senart
- Vincent Gallo Apartment
- Waterfront City
- West Kowloon Cultural District
- When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013
- White City
- Whitney Museum Extension
- Woningbouw Festival
- Y2K House
- Yokohama Masterplan
- Zac Danton
- Zaragoza Museum of Fine Arts
- Zeebrugge Sea Terminal
- Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie
- Zollverein Masterplan
- nhow Amsterdam RAI Hotel
- 111 First Street
- 2007 FW Prada Men's Show
- 2008 FW Miu Miu Women's Show
- 2008 FW Prada Men's Show
- 2008 FW Prada Women's Show
- 2008 SS Prada Men's Show
- 2008 SS Prada Women's Show
- 2009 FW Prada Men's Show
- 2009 SS Miu Miu Women's Show
- 2009 SS Prada Men's Show
- 2009 SS Prada Men's and Women's Show
- 2010 FW Miu Miu Women's Show
- 2010 FW Prada Men's Show
- 2010 FW Prada Women's Show
- 2010 SS Prada Women's Show
- 2012 FW Prada Men's Show
- 2012 SS Prada Men's Show
- 2013 FW Miu Miu Women's Show – Compression
- 2013 FW Prada Men's and Women's Show
- 2013 FW Prada Women's Show
- 2013 SS Miu Miu Women's Show
- 2013 SS Prada Men's Show
- 2014 FW Miu Miu Women's Show – Lattice
- 2014 FW Prada Men's and Women's Show – Stage
- 2014 SS Miu Miu Women's Show
- 2018 FW Prada Men's and Women's Show – Prada Warehouse
- 2018 FW Prada Women's Show – Nocturne
- 2019 SS Prada Man's Show - Cartesian Space
- 2019 SS Prada Women's Show - Cartesian Theatre
- 2021 FW Prada Men's Show
- 23 East 22nd Street
- 24 Hour Museum
- 425 Park Avenue
Lectures
- Book for Architects
- Dans Quel Monde Vivrons-Nous?
- ZERO
- On Al Manakh 2
- Workspace: Challenge vs. Comfort
- Countryside
- Project Japan: Metabolism Talks
- Progress
- Cronocaos Preservation
- Navigating Modernization
- Sustainability: Advancement vs. Apocalypse
- Dubai: from Judgment to Analysis
- The Hermitage: Masterplan 2014
- S, M, L, XL
- Presentation of Très Grande Bibliothèque