Rem Koolhaas

Remment Lucas "Rem" Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. For his outstanding designs and writing, Koolhas is considered as one of the most influential architects of his generation. In 2005, he co-founded Volume Magazine together with Mark Wigley and Ole Bouman.In 2000, Koolhaas bagged the Pritzker Prize and In 2008, Time put him in their top 100 of The World's Most Influential People.

"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."

"WE LIVE IN AN ALMOST PERFECT STILLNESS AND WORK WITH INCREDIBLE URGENCY."

"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."

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