REM KOOLHAAS

 Born in Rotterdam,
Netherland 17 November
1944.

 he is a Dutch architect,
architectural theorist, urbanist
and Professor in Practice of
Architecture and Urban Design
at the Graduate School of
Design at Harvard University.
 Biography
 Koolhaas studied at the Architectural
Association School of Architecture in
London and at Cornell University in
Ithaca, New York.

 After graduating from the Architecture

Association School in London, he
accepted a research fellowship in the
United States. During his visit, he wrote
Delirious New York, which he described
as a "retroactive manifesto for
Manhattan" and which critics hailed as
a classic text on modern architecture
and society.
- In 1975, Koolhaas founded the
Office for Metropolitan
Architecture (OMA) in London with
Madelon Vriesendorm , Elia and
Zoe Zenghelis.

- In 1994 he published S,M,L,XL in

collaboration with the Canadian
graphic designer Bruce Mau.
Described as a novel about
architecture.
 Awards
• Pritzker Prize (2000)

• Chevalier de Légion d'honneur (2001)

• Praemium Imperiale (2003)
• Royal Gold Medal (2004)
• Doctor honoris causa by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(2007)
• Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale of Architecture for lifetime
achievement (2010)
 Selected projects

1. De Rotterdam
designed in 1998
Site: Former harbor waterfront
between KPN tower and Café
Rotterdam at Kop van Zuid
 The project is situated on the Wilhelmina pier, near the
Hotel New York, the Luxor theater and the cruise terminal.
 De Rotterdam will be a mixture of uses, such as offices,
public amenities hotel, retail, catering, fitness, apartments
and parking.
 2. New Headquarters for Central Chinese
Television Giant CCTV in Beijing.
Designed in 2002
the building is 230
meter tall
The irregular grid on the
building’s facades is an
expression of the forces
traveling throughout its
structure.
 it is not a traditional
tower, but a
continuous loop of
horizontal and
vertical sections that
establish an urban
site rather than point
to the sky.
 3. Seattle's public library

Designed in 2003
The building has 11 story.
 located in downtown
Seattle
The library has a unique,
striking appearance,
consisting of several
discrete "floating
platforms" seemingly
wrapped in a large steel
net around glass skin.
 4. Guggenheim Hermitage Museum
 it was a museum owned
and operated by the
Solomon R. Guggenheim
Foundation
Established in
October 7, 2001
 It was located in
The Venetian Resort
Hotel Casino on the
Las Vegas Strip.
5. Casa da Música (literally the House of Music)

located in a Portuguese
concert hall in civil parish
of Cedofeita, in northern
Portugal.
 Casa da Música is a major
concert hall space was
built as part of Porto's
project for europian
culture capital in 2001
but was only finished in
the first half of 2005 and
immediately became an
icon in the city.
 6. The Embassy of the Netherlands
Located in Berlin

 the building was

opened in 2004

 Koolhaas's design
won the
Architekturpreis Berlin
in 2003 and the Mies
van der Rohe Award
for European
Architecture in 2005
7. The Dee and Charles Wyly Theater

Located in USA, Texas

  Other works

Kunsthal Rotterdam McCormick Tribune Campus Center

Educatorium,multifunctional university Cordoba Congress Center
building
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 Group members

GROUP 7
Name ID
1.Tsegab Ermiyas 3775
2.Yabets Abose 826
3.Yohannes Abiti 858
4.Yohannes Girma 861