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Rem Koolhaas

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Remment Lucas Koolhaas (Dutch pronunciation: [rɛm koːlɦaːs]; born 17 November 1944) 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.He is seen by some as one of the significant architectural thinkers and urbanists of his generation, by others as a self-important iconoclast. In 2000, Rem Koolhaas won the Pritzker Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rem Koolhaas has received more than 1,197,020 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Rem Koolhaas is the 37th most popular architect (up from 43rd in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 60th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Architect.

Rem koolhaas is most famous for his work in the field of architecture. He is known for his experimental and avant-garde designs. He is a Dutch architect, writer, professor, and co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture.

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  • 67.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rem Koolhaas by language

Over the past year Rem Koolhaas has had the most page views in the with 105,898 views, followed by Spanish (27,231), and German (21,889). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kurdish (Sorani) (82.93%), Irish (63.15%), and Breton (44.65%)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Rem Koolhaas ranks 37 out of 518. Before him are Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Peter Behrens, Carlo Maderno, Ictinus, Tadao Ando, and Friedensreich Hundertwasser. After him are Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Hippodamus of Miletus, I. M. Pei, Kenzō Tange, Callicrates, and Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rem Koolhaas ranks 29. Before him are Rafic Hariri, Angela Davis, Sali Berisha, Jacqueline Bisset, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, and Sepp Maier. After him are Diana Ross, Danny Trejo, Dietrich Mateschitz, Vojislav Koštunica, Françoise Hardy, and Sebastião Salgado.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Rem Koolhaas ranks 51 out of 1,646. Before him are Paul Verhoeven (1938), Thomas Bernhard (1931), Peter Debye (1884), Max Euwe (1901), Christiaan Eijkman (1858), and Jacob van Ruisdael (1628). After him are Frits Zernike (1888), Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870), Theo van Doesburg (1883), Michiel de Ruyter (1607), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), and Sylvia Kristel (1952).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Netherlands

Among architects born in Netherlands, Rem Koolhaas ranks 1. After him are Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527), Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856), Jacob van Campen (1596), Jacobus Oud (1890), Mart Stam (1899), Aldo van Eyck (1918), Pieter Post (1608), Salomon de Bray (1597), Pierre Cuypers (1827), Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), and Tylman van Gameren (1632).

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