Quotes by Rem Koolhaas

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Asia is still dominated by skyscrapers. I hope that, in European cities, it will become a declining trend. They were alm — Rem Koolhaas
We felt it was very important for an entity like CCTV to make its presence felt... To generate a space and to define a s — Rem Koolhaas
Infrastructure is much more important than architecture. — Rem Koolhaas
What is now called 'green architecture' is an opportunistic caricature of a much deeper consideration of the issues rela — Rem Koolhaas
People can inhabit anything. And they can be miserable in anything and ecstatic in anything. More and more I think that — Rem Koolhaas
Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things. — Rem Koolhaas
Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the ac — Rem Koolhaas
Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning. — Rem Koolhaas
The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will dev — Rem Koolhaas
Architecture is a rare collective profession: it's always exercised by groups. There is an essential modesty, which is a — Rem Koolhaas
There's nothing Dutch about my architecture. — Rem Koolhaas
Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a sma — Rem Koolhaas