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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)

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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