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Born in post-war Rotterdam and spending part of his childhood in Indonesia, Koolhaas’s career as an architect has been defined “by an effort to know and investigate many completely different contexts, and trying to understand them, even before there was an opportunity to build there.” His desire to encounter and negotiate new territories and spaces across the world, however, belies the psychology of a man as much concerned with routine and rhythm as with change and new ventures. At the heart of his work is the desire to confound trends and expectations.