Quote by Rem Koolhaas
Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years,

Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the acceleration of culture and the continuing slowness of architecture. – Rem Koolhaas

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The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models. – Rem Koolhaas

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We say we want to create beauty, identity, quality, singularity. And yet, maybe in truth these cities that we have are desired. Maybe their very characterlessness provides the best context for living. – Rem Koolhaas

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The organizational architecture is really that a centipede walks on hundred legs and one or two dont count. So if I lose one or two legs, the process will go on, the organization will go on, the growth will go on. – Mukesh Ambani

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Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light. – Le Corbusier

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The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when youre talking about building a house, youre talking about dreams. – Robert A. M. Stern

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