Theorist
Rem Koolhaas
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Details
- Nationality
- Dutch
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ObservationReason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- proposed The Generic City
- collaborated with Bruce Mau
- authored S,M,L,XL
- proposed Bigness
- proposed Junkspace
- authored Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture
- authored Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
- influenced Postcritical / Projective architecture
- extends The Global City
Referenced by
- Superstudio influenced
- Archizoom Associati influenced
Sources
- Rem Koolhaas. Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan. Oxford University Press, 1978.
- Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau. S,M,L,XL. Monacelli Press, 1995.
- in Crysler, Cairns & Heynen (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory, SAGE, 2012 — export p. 3 of 20
- in Crysler, Cairns & Heynen (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory, SAGE, 2012 — export p. 15 of 34
- in Crysler, Cairns & Heynen (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory, SAGE, 2012 — export p. 6 of 22
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Rem Koolhaas." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/rem-koolhaas/. Accessed September 1, 2026.