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“Beauty isn't what I'm primarily interested in [in architecture]. I think appropriateness is more important.”

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Rem Koolhaas is a renowned Dutch architect, born on November 17, 1944. Known for his unique architectural style and theoretical contributions, his work has a widespread influence globally. more

“All important architecture of the last century was strongly influenced by political systems. Look at the Soviet system, with its constructivism and Stalinism, Weimer with its Modern style, Mussolini and, of course, the Nazis and Albert Speer's colossal structures. Today's architecture is subservient to the market and its terms. The market has supplanted ideology. Architecture has turned into a spectacle. It has to package itself and no longer has significance as anything but a landmark.”

“In a script, you have to link various episodes together, you have to generate suspense and you have to assemble things - through editing, for example. It's exactly the same in architecture. Architects also put together spatial episodes to make sequences.”

Together Example Scripts Various Architecture Suspense Links Architect Episodes Editing Sequence Spatial

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“One cannot completely avoid this landmark character with large buildings such as these. But the city itself is also gigantic.”

Character Cities Building Landmarks

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“There are essentially two possibilities. One is to be, shall we say, an average architect and do the same thing everywhere. The other is to let yourself be inspired and even changed by the unique qualities of the place where you're building. We always try to take the second approach.”

Trying Two Quality Possibility Changed Building Approach Unique Inspired Average Architect Be Inspired

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“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.”

Important Political Views Cutting Areas Faults Architecture Factors Neighborhood Neglect

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“Let's put it this way: One can be happy or unhappy in a building. But some buildings make us more depressed than others.”

Way Building Unhappy

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