The luxury of our position now is that we can almost assemble any team to address any issue. Rem Koolhaas addressassembleissue Change image and share on social
There's nothing Dutch about my architecture. Rem Koolhaas architecturedutch Change image and share on social
I am incredibly bad at predicting the future; I am only smart enough to observe the present and listen to my intuition about tendencies. Rem Koolhaas badfutureincredibly Change image and share on social
One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity. Rem Koolhaas compulsionexcessiveoffset Change image and share on social
Journalists seem mostly interested in what brand of shoes I wear. Rem Koolhaas brandinterestjournalist Change image and share on social
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 thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models. Rem Koolhaas architecturebaseculture share on social
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, that is the main thing. Rem Koolhaas cctvdefineentity Change image and share on social
When shopping was still connected to the street it was also an intensification and articulation of the street. Now it has become utterly independent - contained, controlled, surveyed. Rem Koolhaas articulationconnectcontain Change image and share on social
The great problem of the concert hall is that the shoebox is the ideal shape for acoustics but that no architect worth their names wants to build a shoebox. Rem Koolhaas acousticarchitectbuild Change image and share on social
Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the acceleration of culture and the continuing slowness of architecture. Rem Koolhaas accelerationarchitecturalarchitecture Change image and share on social
