Biography

Remment Lucas Koolhaas was born on November 17, 1944 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He is most know by Rem for short. His father was a script writer and film critic as his maternal grandfather was a modernist architect. Those two, of which, he followed in footsteps. 
From age eight to twelve Koolhaas and his two younger siblings lived with their father in Jakarta, Indonesia. Koolhaas took up journalism as a career, writing for the Haagse Post. At the same time, he began socializing with film students and even dabbled in film school for a bit. The possible filmmaker even wrote several screenplays for Hollywood directors, which were never produced. The particular career option had always been lurking in the back of his mind, and one day while speaking to a group of architectural college students Koolhaas realized that it what he truly wanted to do. He he studied at the Architecture Association School in London. 
As a Dutch Architect, Architectural Theorist, and Professor; Koolhaas lived out his dreams. He was a founding partner of OMA(Office for Metropolitan Architecture) and AMO, he wrote many books, co-founded the Volume Magazine, taught at Harvard's school of design, and accomplished much more. 
Throughout his career, some of his awards include but are not limited to: Chevalier de legion d'honneur, Praemium, Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal, Pritzker Prize, Architekturpreis Berlin, and Mies van der Rohe Award.