Photos: Rem Koolhaas Is Not a Starchitect
(Just don’t tell his clients that.) Meet the mastermind behind this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale—and the most daring architecture firm on the planet.
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The architect Rem Koolhaas in the Ambassade Hotel in Amsterdam. When he is in town, the hotel serves as a makeshift office.
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Phase-one model of a project in Nanterre, France.
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The dome of the model for the Central Pavilion of the Venice Biennale.
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Rendering for the Fondazione Prada in Milan, which is due to open next year. Image courtesy of OMA.
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A model for the Fondazione Prada in Milan, which is due to open next year. Image courtesy of OMA.
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A model of the Fondazione Prada in Milan, which is due to open next year.
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De Rotterdam completed. Image courtesy of OMA; photography by Ossip van Duivenbode.
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Models for Der Rotterdam, the largest building in the Netherlands. Image courtesy of OMA.
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Rendering for Pont Jean-Jacques Bosc in Bordeaux, France. Image courtesy of OMA.
