Koolhaas

British  

/ ˈkulhɑs /

noun

1. 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)

---

Example Sentences

Rem Koolhaas’s addition to the New York institution respects the original building while seamlessly uniting the interiors of both structures, doubling the museum’s exhibition space.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

And so it is a surprise to turn to New York’s New Museum, which has been expanded in a way that shows something rare for Mr. Koolhaas: deference.

From The Wall Street Journal

For once there was a justification for Mr. Koolhaas’s sportive diagonals.

From The Wall Street Journal

The principal space of the Koolhaas building is the dramatic atrium stair that corkscrews up the front of the building.

From The Wall Street Journal