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.

Rotterdam almost certainly has the highest concentration of cutting-edge architects in the world–including MVRDV, West 8, Neutelings Riedijk, and, of course, Rem Koolhaas’s OMA. So it’s no surprise ...

The star-studded opening at New York's Guggenheim Museum in February was a glitzy kickoff for a thought-provoking exhibition, one with a few twists. It's a show at an art museum, with virtually no art ...

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 cut ...

Chaired by Paolo Baratta, the Board of the Biennale di Venezia has awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Rem Koolhaas. The much deserving architect has produced dozens of ...

Rem Koolhaas’s Office for Metropolitan Architecture announced today that Ole Scheeren, the Rotterdam-based firm’s envoy to Asia and its acknowledged superstar young designer, has split to start his ...

With this month’s opening of the Fondazione Prada in Milan and next month’s opening of the Garage Museum Moscow, we’ve been thinking a lot about Rem Koolhaas. The Dutch starchitect is known for his ...

Prince-Ramus (front, right) at REX’s helm, with his partner Ella (front, left). After six years running OMA New York, architect Joshua Prince-Ramus felt it was time to cut the umbilical cord with his ...

In this interview, originally published in The Architectural Review, Andrew Mackenzie sits down with OMA founder Rem Koolhaas to discuss the Venice Biennale, the extinction of national identities, his ...