Rem Koolhaas
English
Rem Koolhaas is a writer and architect. He also teaches Architecture and Urban Design at Harvard University, and he is a partner at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).
2 contributions
What is a pillar?
In 2010, OMA was invited to take part in a competition for the Damascus National Museum. It was part of a concerted effort toward a political « rapprochement » with Bashar al-Assad. Three months later, the entire effort was cancelled. Civil war was about to break out.
The Mass of Mies
« Less is more »? The scale and shape of his body gave the architect Mies van der Rohe an unequaled weight and architectural authority.
