Rem Koolhaas Quotes

I wanted to disconnect from contemporary architecture

Nobody should be anything, but because I once had a different profession and I'm interested in writing, I took it upon me.

As more and more architecture is finally unmasked as the mere organization of flow - shopping centers, airports - it is evident that circulation is what makes or breaks public architecture.

The word 'celebrity' and the word 'architect' are basically incompatible.

Journalists seem mostly interested in what brand of shoes I wear.

The architecture per se isn't at fault. The more important factor, in my view, is the political neglect of these areas, which have essentially been cut off from other neighborhoods.

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.