Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas talks about new trends in architecture and urban development, the end of the European city, the rise of Dubai, Russia and China, the obsession with XXXL and the difference between the people who design buildings for a living and “star architects.”
Archive | July, 2008


‘An Obsessive Compulsion towards the Spectacular’
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Tuath na Mara, Portsalon – Ireland by MacGabhann Architects
Private House on Lough Swilly, Co. Donegal, 2006-2007. Winner of: RIA of Ireland, Public Choice Award and Best house 2008 RIA of Ireland.
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