... and Koolhaas accuses Princeton of "category error" over Zaera-Polo

Princeton University has accused its former architecture dean Alejandro Zaera-Polo of making an "inaccurate and incomplete" statement about the plagiarism row that led to his resignation last year.

The university claimed that Zaera-Polo, who stepped down as head of its School of Architecture in October 2014, was asked to leave because he appeared to be "unfamiliar with the university's policies on plagiarism and that he may have directed his collaborators to breach the rules of the university."

Princeton issued the response after Zaero-Polo published a "clarifying statement" earlier this week, in which he set out the reasons behind his resignation. Zaera-Polo claimed he was asked to step down by Christopher Eisgruber, president of the New Jersey university, after the Spanish architect admitted he had removed citations from texts he prepared for the Elements of Architecture exhibition at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, and the related catalogue. His statement – designed to address the "grotesque rumours" about the circumstances of his departure – was accompanied by a copy of an email of support from biennale curator Rem Koolhaas, who accused the university of making a "category error" by expecting Zaera-Polo to follow academic protocols when writing text for a public exhibition.