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 condition of city and water on two sides I think is really amazing. And in the heart of that city, it has put an enormous convention center, an enormous physical presence. Rem Koolhaas Read Quote
We say we want to create beauty, identity, quality, singularity. And yet, maybe in truth these cities that we have are desired. Maybe their very characterlessness provides the best context for living. Rem Koolhaas Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill. Rem Koolhaas Read Quote
Prada is extremely directed in terms of communicating what they like and what they don’t like. That is actually extremely pleasant because it clarifies very easily what you can do and what you need to do. Rem Koolhaas Read Quote
Nobody should be anything, but because I once had a different profession and I’m interested in writing, I took it upon me. Rem Koolhaas Read Quote
That has been my entire life story, running against the current and running with the current. Sometimes running with the current is underestimated. Rem Koolhaas Read Quote
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 Read Quote
