Koolhaas

British

/ ˈkulhɑs /

noun

Rem. born 1944, Dutch architect and theorist, co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (1975); buildings include the Grand Palais and associated developments in Lille, France (1989–96); books include S, M, L, XL (1996)

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If you were looking for an architect to revisit a building, Rem Koolhaas would not be your first choice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

The new wing was designed by Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas with Cooper Robertson, and has the geometric look of angular mesh enveloping an open stair case, elevator shafts and display spaces.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

Dutch architect and theorist Rem Koolhaas might have part of the answer.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2025

The Forum, an arts and culture space designed by Rem Koolhaas, had been reserved months earlier.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

Level 5 is the “mixing chamber,” home to most of the library’s public computers and printing and copying machines, which Koolhaas, who later won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, envisioned as a “trading floor for information.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2022

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