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
Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill. Rem Koolhaas competitiondesignfeature Change image and share on social
Infrastructure is much more important than architecture. Rem Koolhaas architectureimportantinfrastructure 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
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 become an ornament. Rem Koolhaas categorydifficultornament Change image and share on social
The word 'celebrity' and the word 'architect' are basically incompatible. Rem Koolhaas architectbasicallycelebrity Change image and 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
Each building has to be beautiful, but cheap and fast, but it lasts forever. That is already an incredible battery of seemingly contradictory demands. So yes, I'm definitely perhaps contradictory person, but I operate in very contradictory times. Rem Koolhaas batterybeautifulbuild share on social
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 in the indolence. Rem Koolhaas architectfeelingfinger Change image and share on social
A building has at least two lives - the one imagined by its maker and the life it lives afterward - and they are never the same. Rem Koolhaas afterwardbuildimagine Change image and share on social
