Book launch Rem before Koolhaas: Journalism by an Architect
Rem before Koolhaas: Journalism by an Architect is a book by Antonio Cantero about Rem Koolhaas’s early work as a journalist in the sixties. Offering a fresh look at this period and including a new interview with Koolhaas, Cantero explores how Koolhaas’s interviews often became essayistic pieces that register power dynamics, social realities and cultural shifts within a specific media ecology.
25 June 2026 16:30 - 17:45
The event will include presentations by Antonio Cantero and Beatriz Colomina, followed by a conversation with Rem Koolhaas, Antonio Cantero, Beatriz Colomina, and Mark Wigley.
Haagse Post 1963-1967
Rem before Koolhaas is the first book to uncover Rem Koolhaas’s early work as a journalist for Haagse Post between 1963 and 1967. Featuring original Haagse Post layouts and first-time English translations, Cantero’s book reveals Koolhaas as both an observer of his time and an interviewer for whom writing became a space for learning.
Rather than treating journalism as a biographical precursor to his architectural career, Rem before Koolhaas presents it not as a professional identity but as a retrospective position from which this body of work can be read on its own terms.
Language: English | Location Nieuwe Instituut | RSVP (Free)
RSVPRem before Koolhaas: Journalism by an Architect is published by nai010 and is available from NAi Booksellers.