Koolhaas Redefines The Skyscraper
9 January 2003 - 10:00am
Celebrity architect Rem Koolhaas' unusual design for a skyscraper in Beijing -- his largest project to date -- uses an innovative structural system.
"Its stunning silhouette, with amazing turns and cantilevers, makes it unlike anything on any urban skyline...The ultracool Koolhaas, best known for designing cultural institutions—and the Manhattan Prada store—has never built anything this big..Koolhaas, with his associate Ole Scheeren and engineer Cecil Balmond, created an innovative structure where crisscrossing supports become denser at critical junctures."
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Newsweek, January 9, 2003
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