The unassuming Koolhaas doesn't need to brag to stand out; his buildings do that for him. In the case of one on the Rotterdam waterfront, he knew many would see it from a passing car.

It helps that one of this earth's reigning deities of urban architecture, Rem Koolhaas, is a Rotterdam boy and has his European practice headquartered here.

Rem Koolhaas and his firm OMA rarely create a building without effect; and that is true of his latest, a “vertical city” called de Rotterdam in the old harbor district of his chosen city, Rotterdam.

Rem Koolhaas on OMA’s Rotterdam beginnings, Boompjes and Amex We caught up with Rem Koolhaas to discuss OMA's beginnings, setting up shop in Rotterdam, and his new design for the Amex Centurion ‘Art ...

The Dutch architect has mentored dozens of talented designers at his Rotterdam studio, OMA. Here, a portfolio of seven of his protégés—who have grown to become his top competitors.

Wake up inside one of Rotterdam’s newest architectural wonders. Located on the Wilhelminapier, the Nhow Hotel is inside the soaring De Rotterdam building by Rem Koolhaas.

Exacting faxes frequently arrive in the Rotterdam and New York offices of OMA from wherever Koolhaas has landed on the planet and many of the 80 staffers rush to formulate their detailed responses.

Rem Koolhaas, the Pritzker prize–winning Dutch architect, author and academic, has long had a beef with airports. It’s not the same beef that everyone else has with airports–the Cinnabon ...

When Rem Koolhaas was born in the Dutch port of Rotterdam in November 1944, very little of the city center was still standing. The Second World War was ending but it wasn't over, and the Nazis had ...

And the enormous six-year-old De Rotterdam Building, stacks of cubes that look different from every direction by powerhouse architect Rem Koolhaas and his Rotterdam-based design firm, OMA.

(The architect and Pritzker Prize winner Rem Koolhaas, a Rotterdam native, has added his touch to the soaring skyline.) ...