Rem Koolhaas, world renowned Dutch architect and founder of OMA, will give the closing keynote address at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Amsterdam on 30 November 2018. He will follow a stellar line-up at the three-day event, which runs from 28 -30 November, including Sir David Adjaye, Jeanne Gang and Sir Peter Cook.
Speakers at World Architecture Festival 2018 will include (clockwise from top left): Jeanne Gang, Founding Principal, Studio Gang; Rem Koolhaas, Founder of Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA); Francine Houben, Founding Partner and Creative Director of Mecanoo; Li Xiadong, Professor of Architecture, Tsinghua University; Anni Sinnemäki Deputy Mayor of Helsinki; Professor Sir Peter Cook, Director, CRAB Studio; Marieke van Doorninck, Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam; Sir David Adjaye, Principal, Adjaye Associates. WAF?s programme takes advantage of its new venue, Amsterdam. Various speakers will outline the city?s dramatic transformation and how architecture is contributing to it, while Dutch architecture and design luminaries confirmed to speak include Francine Houben, Founding Partner and Creative Director of Mecanoo; Kees Christiaanse, Founder of KCAP Architects and Planners; and Caroline Bos, Co-founder of UN Studio. In keeping with the global focus of the event, they are joined on the speaker?s roster by established international architects including Li Xiaodong, Chad Oppenheim, Principal of Oppenheim Architecture + Design and John Wardle, Principal o...