Rem Koolhaas: Oma

About this book

Rem Koolhaas (Rotterdam 1944) studied architecture at the AA in London--where he went on to become a lecturer--and at the IAUS in New York during Peter Eisenmans time there. Koolhaas has always been connected with the theory of architecture as lecturer at the innovative AA as a speaker and with his published work: Delirious New York a retrospective manifesto for Manhattan (1978) and the recent S M L XL (1995). In 1972 Koolhaas set up the OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) whose name clearly expresses the planning intentions of the team comprising Koolhaas Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriessendorp.