Rem Koolhaas
An architect and theorist who has shaped contemporary discourse through urban research, program, and OMA.
Based in Rotterdam, Koolhaas has combined writing and practice through OMA. He is also widely known for urban theory including Delirious New York.
Seattle Central Library stacks functional platforms, separating movement and occupation while exposing the program diagram through the envelope.
Casa da Música inserts performance and public spaces into a polyhedral mass.
His work dismantles and recombines type and program, often allowing the organizational diagram to precede form.
His studio has exerted wide influence on contemporary education, competitions, and discourse.
