Rem Koolhaas / OMA
Rem Koolhaas (1944–)
Jack SelfKoolhaas’s heroic trajectory provides an impossible formula for success, combining unquestioned genius with a waning culture of willigness to embrace the figure of the s...
Tales of the unexpected: Qatar National Library, Doha, by OMA
Edwin HeathcoteWomen in Architecture Architect of the Year 2019 shortlist: rising from the Doha desert while also boring beneath its unrelenting dunes, OMA’s Qatar National Librar...
Essays by OMA
The inevitable box: architecture’s main achievement and its main trauma
Reinier de GraafOne major revolution in architecture is presented each year, and yet the four walls, floor and ceiling of the box are inevitable
‘Few architects have embraced the idea of user participation; a new movement is needed’
Reinier de GraafCommunity engagement has gone from being a hard-won achievement to something paid lip service. It’s time to return to working with the people