“Architecture is a rare collective profession: it's always exercised by groups. There is an essential modesty, which is a complete contradiction to the notion of a star.” StarsGroupsEssentialsNotionProfessionArchitectureContradictionCollectivesModesty Author:Rem Koolhaas
“What is now called "green architecture" is an opportunistic caricature of a much deeper consideration of the issues related to sustainability that architecture has been engaged with for many years. It was one of the first professions that was deeply concerned with these issues and that had an intellectual response to them.” YearsFirstsHas BeensIssuesIntellectualConcernedGreenResponseDeeperProfessionArchitectureRelatedEngagedConsiderationSustainabilityCaricatures Author:Rem Koolhaas
“Nobody should be anything, but because I once had a different profession and I'm interested in writing, I took it upon me.” ShouldWritingDifferentProfession Author:Rem Koolhaas
“The beauty of my profession [architecture] lies in its randomness and surprise. And don't think I can choose my projects. I have to build what's offered to me.” ThinkingI CanLyingProjectsSurpriseProfessionArchitectureRandomness Author:Rem Koolhaas
“I'd say that my profession ends where architectural thinking ends - architectural thinking in terms of thinking about programs and organizational structure. These abstractions play a role in many other disciplines, and those disciplines are now defining their 'architectures' as well.” ThinkingWellsEndsPlayTermRolesDisciplineProgramStructureProfessionArchitectureAbstractionDefiningOrganizationalOrganizational Structure Author:Rem Koolhaas
