Koolhaas has written several books and is currently advising GSD theses for the ongoing "Project on the City," which examines the effects of globalization in urban areas.
He said he considers his teaching and research work as much a part of architecture as his building projects.
But his hundreds of buildings worldwide have also garnered acclaim. A Bordeaux residence he designed for a man confined to a wheelchair was named Best Design of 1998 by Time magazine.
"Had he only done the Bordeaux Project, his niche in the history of architecture would have been secure," the jury's prize citation read.
Some of Koolhaas's current projects include a public library in Seattle, stores for Prada in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco and a student center for the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
He is the founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, a design firm in Rotterdam.
A journalist and screenwriter until the age of 25, Koolhaas said he is a relative latecomer to architecture.
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