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His father was a novelist, critic, and screenwriter. Their first major project was a housing plan for amsterdam. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the arc en reve centre darchitecture, bordeaux, france, feb. The space of the dwelling is interpreted as a secluded place where someone can be alone with him or herself and a little piece of uninhabitable emptiness or sky, rather than as an element of the city. Remment koolhaas, usually abbreviated to rem koolhaas, was born on 17 november 1944 in rotterdam, netherlands, to anton koolhaas 19121992 and selinde pietertje roosenburg born 1920. At the architectural association aa in london, he encountered the quintessential 1960s culture of ricecooking hippies who believed it was more important to free your mind than to learn drafting techniques. Rem koolhaas stateautocollapse shows the template collapsed to the title bar if there is a navbar, a sidebar, or some other table on the page with the collapsible attribute. Emptiness and nothingness in omas libraries journalagent. Rem koolhaas designing the design process next iteration.
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