All Rem Koolhaas Quotes
- But now sustainability is such a political category that it's getting more and more difficult to think about it in a serious way. Sustainability has… Categories
- A building has at least two lives - the one imagined by its maker and the life it lives afterward - and they are never… Afterward
- Infrastructure is much more important than architecture. Architecture
- Asia is still dominated by skyscrapers. I hope that, in European cities, it will become a declining trend. They were almost never necessary. Almost Never
- Journalists seem mostly interested in what brand of shoes I wear. Brand
- That has been my entire life story, running against the current and running with the current. Sometimes running with the current is underestimated. Been
- As an architect, I always have mixed feelings. On the one hand, your fingers are itching. As a human being, you are happy to participate… Architect
- Miami Beach is a completely interesting hybrid because it is, on the one hand, a resort and, on the other hand, a real city. This… Amazing
- The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of… Architecture
- One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity. Compulsion
- We felt it was very important for an entity like CCTV to make its presence felt... To generate a space and to define a space,… Cctv
- It's a weird city because the uglier the weather, the more beautiful the city. And the uglier the buildings, the more coherent the city. Beautiful