Curriculum Vitae
Current Academic Appointments
1995- Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Education
1972 Diploma in Architecture, Architectural Association, London
Academic Experience
1990-95 Arthur Rotch Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
1991-92 Professor of Architecture, Rice University, Houston, Texas
1988-89 Professor of Architecture, Technical University, Delft, Holland
1976 Architectural Association, London, England
1975 University of California, Los Angeles School of Architecture
1975 Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York
Professional Experience
1975- Principal, Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Selected Realizations
2003 Headquarters for Central Chinese Television (CCTV) in Beijing
Netherlands Embassy, Berlin
2001 Prada store New York, USA
Guggenheim Exhibition Hall, Las Vegas, USA
Guggenheim Hermitage, Las Vegas, USA
1999 2nd Stage Theatre, New York, USA
1998 Maison à Bordeaux, France
1997 Educatorium, Utrecht, Netherlands
1994 Lille Grand Palais, Lille, France
Euralille Masterplan, Lille, France
1993 Dutch House, Holland
1992 Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Holland
1991 Villa dall'Ava, Paris, France
Nexus Housing, Fukuoka, Japan
Byzantium, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1989 Patio Villa, Rotterdam, Holland
1987 Netherlands Dance Theatre, The Hague, Holland
Work in Progress
2001 Extension LACMA, LA, USA
Dallas multi form theatre, Dallas, USA
Zeche Zollverein Masterplan, Essen, Germany
Cordoba Conference Centre, Cordoba, Spain
Museum Ludwig Renovation, Cologne, Germany
Whitney Museum Extension, New York, USA
2000 Private Residence, Harbour Island, Bahamas
Prada Stores, LA, SF, USA
1999 Casa da Musica in Porto, Portugal
Seattle Public Library, USA
1999 MAB Tower, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Blok 6, Cinema, Almere, Netherlands
1998 1998 Haus um die Schenkung, Berlin, Germany
't Paard Poppodium, The Hague, Netherlands
1997/98 IIT University Building, Chicago, USA
1997- Netherlands Embassy, Berlin, Germany
1996 Carré Building, Breda, Netherlands 1996- Chassé-terrain, 700 apartments, Breda, Netherlands
1994 Parking garage Almere, Netherlands
1994- Almere, city center, Netherlands
1992- Souterrain, Parking Garage, Tram Stations and Tram Tunnel, The Hague, Netherlands
Selected Architecture/Urbanism/Landscape Projects
2001 Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany
2000 Schiphol post airport city, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998 Schiphol Post Airport City, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997 Hanoi New Town (study)
1996 Universal City, Masterplan for Universal City in Los Angeles (study)
1996 Hyperbuilding, Bangkok, Thailand (study)
1996 Airportcity, Schiphol, Amsterdam (study)
1995 Airport City, Seoul, Korea (study)
1995 A4 Corridor, Holland (study)
1993 Air Alexander, New Urban Frontiers (study)
1991 Urban Design Forum, Yokohama, Japan
1991 Le Grande Axe, Paris, France (competition)
1987 Plan for the "new town" of Melun Senart, France (competition)
1983 World Exposition, 1989, Paris, France (study)
1982 Parc de la Villette, Paris, France (competition)
Selected Competitions
2001 LACMA, LA, USA (1st prize)
1998 IIT, University Building, Chicago, USA ( 1st prize)
1997 Extension MoMA, NY
1996 Luxor Theater, Rotterdam, Holland
1994 Metro Dade Center for the Arts, Miami, Florida
1994 Tate Gallery, London, England
1994 Cardiff Bay Opera House, England
1992 2 Bibliotheques Jussieu University, Paris, France (1st prize)
1991 Le Grande Axe, La Defense, Paris, France
1991 Palm Bay Hotel & Conference Centre, Agadir, Morocco
1989 ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany (1st. prize)
1989 Bibliotheque de France, Paris, France (honourable mention)
1989 Frankfurt Airport Office Complex, Frankfurt, Germany (1st prize)
1989 Ferry Terminal, Zeebruge, Belgium (1st prize)
1988 Netherlands Architectural Institute, Rotterdam
1987 Plan for Melun Senart, France
1986 First Prize, City Hall, The Hague, Holland
1986 City Hall, The Hague, Holland (jury selection) 1978 Extension Parliament, The Hague, Netherlands (2nd prize ex aequo)
Awards & Honors
2001 Legion D'Honneur
2000 Pritzker Prize
1999 Prize for Intensive Space Use by the Dutch government for Almere Masterplan
1999 Rietveld Prize for Educatorium in Utrecht
1999 Lequerre dargent for the Maison à Bordeaux
1997 American Institute of Architects (AIA), Book Award for SMLXL
1993 Visiting Scholar, The Getty Centre, Los Angeles, California
1992 Antonio Gaudi Prize, Olympic Awards, Lille Urbanism Project
1992 The Architectural Institute of Japan, Best Building in Japan 1991, Nexus Housing, Fukuoka, Japan
1991 Prix d'Architecture, for Villa dall'Ava, Paris, France
1974 Progressive Architecture Award (with Laurinda Spear)
Books
2002 Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping, Harvard Design School Project on the City no.2, edited by Chuihua Judy Chung, Jeffrey Inaba, Rem Koolhaas, Sze Tsung Leong. Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Ma.
2002 Great Leap Forward, Harvard Design School Project on the City no.1, edited by Chuihua Judy Chung, Jeffrey Inaba, Rem Koolhaas, Sze Tsung Leong. Harvard Graduate School
of Design, Cambridge, Ma.
2001 Mutations, Harvard Design School Project on the City, ACTAR arc en rêve centre d'architecture
1999 OMA 30: 30 Colours, V+K Publishing
1999 OMA Rem Koolhaas Living, Vivre, Leben, Arc en rêve centre d'architecture
1995 S, M, L, XL, with Bruce Mau, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam/Monacelli Press, New York
1991, Rem Koolhaas: Conversations with Students, Rice University School of Architecture, 1996 Princeton Architectural Press, New York
1978, Delirious New York, A Retroactive Manifesto, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam / Oxford 1994 University Press, New York
Selected Publications
2001 A+Universal, January 2001
2000 New York Times Magazine, July 9th, 2000
Wired Magazine, June 2000
OMA@work. a+u, special edition, March 2000
1998 Kenchiku Bunka Vol. 54 no.628 February 1999
A+U 342, 99:03
El Croquis Special (no. 53 and no. 79) 1999
1998 Time Magazine December 21 1998
1996 Arch+, no.132, June 1996
1995 Kenchiku Bunka Vol. 50 no.579 January 1995
1992 L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui no.280, April 1992
1991 Lucan, Jacques. OMA/Rem Koolhaas (Princeton University Press/ Electa Moniteur, 1991)
1990 Goulet, Patrice. Six Projets (Paris: I.F.A.1990) 1988 Architecture and Urbanism no.217, October 1988
1985 Architecture d'Aujourd'hui no.238, April 1985
Exhibitions
2006 "OMA in Beijing", New York, Museum of Modern Art
"OMA in The Hague" Stromm Den Hague, Center for Visual Arts and Architecture
"The Image of Europe", Vienna, Heldenplatz Square
2004 "Content", Kunsthal, Netherlands Architecture Institute
2003 "Content", Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
2001 "Mutations", Raffinerie, Brussels, Belgium
"Mutations", TN Probe, Tokyo, Japan
2000 "Mutations", Arc en Rêve, Bordeaux, France
"Dutchtown", NAI, Rotterdam
1999 "Living (extended) at the ICA", London
1999 Hayward Gallery, "Cities on the move" (group exhibition), London
1998 "Living (Vivre)", Arc en Rêve, Bordeaux, France
1997 "New Urbanism: Pearl River Delta", Documenta X, Kassel, Germany
1995 "Euralille-Pose", Exposer, travelling exhibition
"Rem Koolhaas and the Place of Public Architecture." Museum of Modern Art, New 1994-95 York / Wexner Museum, Columbus, Ohio/Tokyo, Japan
1990 "Rem Koolhaas, OMA in Lille." Musee de Beaux Arts, Lille
1990 "OMA Recent Projects." Collegio d'Arquitectes, Barcelona
1990 "Energieen" (group exhibition with Cindy Sherman, Anselm Kiefer, Sigmar Polke, Jenny Holzer), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1989 "Fin de Siecle, OMA at IFA." Institut Francais d'Architecture, Paris
1989 "OMA: The First Decade." Boymans Museum, Rotterdam
1988 "OMA 1972-1988." Architecktur Museum, Basel
1988 "Deconstructionsim" (group exhibition). Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980 Centre Pompidou, Paris
1988 "Recent Work." Max Protech Gallery, New York
1978 "The Sparkling Metropolis." Guggenheim Museum, New York