Portrait of Rem Koolhaas

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Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect and academic, designed the Seattle Central Library

Born
November 17, 1944
Age in 2026
82
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1944

About Rem Koolhaas

Remment Lucas Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He is often cited as a representative of deconstructivism and is the author of Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan. In 2005, Rem Koolhaas co-founded Volume Magazine together with Mark Wigley and Ole Bouman. The Broadway Prada store opened in December 2001, cost €32 million to build, and has 2,300 square meters of retail space. Koolhaas first came to public and critical attention with OMA (The Office for Metropolitan Architecture), the office he founded in 1975 together with architects Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp in London.

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Rem Koolhaas timeline

  1. Koolhaas first came to public and critical attention with OMA (The Office for Metropolitan Architecture), the office he founded in 1975 together with architects Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp in London.
  2. The Broadway Prada store opened in December 2001, cost €32 million to build, and has 2,300 square meters of retail space.
  3. In 2005, Rem Koolhaas co-founded Volume Magazine together with Mark Wigley and Ole Bouman.

The world when Rem Koolhaas was born

Rem Koolhaas was born in 1944. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1944

  • #1 song"Swinging on a Star" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieGoing My Way
  • Best-selling bookStrange Fruit – Lillian Smith

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGreen Bay Packers win NFL Championship
  • Top headlineD-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6
  • Technology milestoneHarvard Mark I computer begins operations
  • Defining fadBobby socks
  • Notable inventionKidney dialysis machine
  • World population2.39 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population138.4M

1944 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Rem Koolhaas's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19442026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,800$435,000
Average income$4,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population138.4M341 million

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