Rem Koolhaas (Rotterdam,1944)studied architecture at the AA in London--where he went on tobecome a lecturer--and at the IAUS in New York, during PeterEisenman's time there. Koolhaas has always been connected with thetheory of architecture, as lecturer at the innovative AA, as aspeaker, and with his published work: Delirious New York, aretrospective manifesto for Manhattan (1978) and the recent S, M,L, XL (1995). In 1972 Koolhaas set up the OMA (Office forMetropolitan Architecture), whose name clearly expresses theplanning intentions of the team, comprising Koolhaas, Elia and ZoeZenghelis, and Madelon Vriessendorp.
