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Rem Koolhaas

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Remment Lucas Koolhaas (Dutch pronunciation: [rɛm ˈkoːlɦaːs]; born 17 November 1944) is a Dutch architect (Madelon Vriesendorp's husband), architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He is often cited as a representative of Deconstructivism and is the author of Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan. He is seen by some as one of the significant architectural thinkers and urbanists of his generation, by others as a self-important iconoclast. In 2000, Rem Koolhaas won the Pritzker Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rem Koolhaas is the 34th most popular architect (up from 37th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 51st in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Architect.

Rem koolhaas is most famous for his work in the field of architecture. He is known for his experimental and avant-garde designs. He is a Dutch architect, writer, professor, and co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Rem Koolhaas ranks 34 out of 518. Before him are Victor Horta, André Le Nôtre, Adolf Loos, Santiago Calatrava, Carlo Maderno, and Henry van de Velde. After him are I. M. Pei, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Peter Behrens, Ictinus, Jørn Utzon, and Hippodamus of Miletus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rem Koolhaas ranks 32. Before him are Carlos Alberto Torres, Rafic Hariri, Françoise Hardy, Joe Frazier, Danny Trejo, and Abdul Latif Rashid. After him are Nǃxau ǂToma, Sepp Maier, Jacqueline Bisset, Vojislav Koštunica, Larry Ellison, and Sali Berisha.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Rem Koolhaas ranks 59 out of 1,646. Before him are Ruud Gullit (1962), Frits Zernike (1888), Paul J. Crutzen (1933), Tobias Asser (1838), Thomas Bernhard (1931), and Paul Verhoeven (1938). After him are Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870), Frank Rijkaard (1962), Theo van Doesburg (1883), Theo van Gogh (1857), and Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Netherlands

Among architects born in Netherlands, Rem Koolhaas ranks 1. After him are Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527), Jacob van Campen (1596), Jacobus Oud (1890), Mart Stam (1899), Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856), Aldo van Eyck (1918), Pieter Post (1608), Salomon de Bray (1597), Pierre Cuypers (1827), Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), and Tylman van Gameren (1632).

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