Author: Rem Koolhaas

Quotes

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.

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

Infrastructure is much more important than architecture.

Infrastructure is much more important than architecture.

- Rem Koolhaas

Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning.

Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning.

- Rem Koolhaas

We live in an almost perfect stillness and work with incredible urgency.

We live in an almost perfect stillness and work with incredible urgency.

- Rem Koolhaas

There's nothing Dutch about my architecture.

There's nothing Dutch about my architecture.

- Rem Koolhaas

Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things.

Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things.

- Rem Koolhaas

Architects work in two ways. One is to respond precisely to a client's needs or demands. Another is to look at what the client asks and reinterpret it.

Architects work in two ways. One is to respond precisely to a client's needs or demands. Another is to look at what the client asks and reinterpret it.

- Rem Koolhaas

It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces.

It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces.

- Rem Koolhaas

Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill.

Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill.

- Rem Koolhaas

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