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Rem Koolhaas
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Definition
Dutch architect and theorist (born 1944), founder of OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) and winner of the 2000 Pritzker Prize. Koolhaas is as influential as a writer and thinker as he is as a builder. His book 'Delirious New York' (1978) reframed the skyscraper as an instrument of programmatic intensity.
Example
The CCTV Headquarters in Beijing (2012) by OMA — a loop of two leaning towers connected at top and bottom — is one of the most structurally ambitious and conceptually bold office buildings ever realised.