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Koolhaas, Rem

Koolhaas, Rem

(1944-)
Dutch architect who formed the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in 1975, producing a number of visionary and theoretical projects, including Delirious New York, later published as a book (1978). He was a publicist for Deconstructivism.
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2 Koolhaas, Rem. S.M.L.XL, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 1995, p501.
Bling, blobs, burgeoning: problems of figure; Architecture has become more and more gestural in its searches for monumentality and the race for iconic status
(1.) Koolhaas, Rem and Bruce Mau, S,M,L,XL, Monacelli Press, New York, 1995, p508.
Bigness: Bigness is one of the greatest problems of contemporary architecture. While programmes have become larger and larger, architectural imagination has scarcely grown to reply to them. (Comment)
(3.) Koolhaas, Rem and Bruce Man S,M,L,XL, 1905, 101 Publishers, Rotterdam, p776.
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