Rem Koolhaas on CNN, the end of the star architect?

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CNN’s Talk Asia just featured an interesting interview with . At the beginning of the video we see the Prada Transformer in action.

Highlights of this interview are Dubai, which lead to Koolhaas talking about the public sector and the stimulus, and his views on the Generic City.

When talking about influence (Rem was on the 100 most influential people list by Time magazine in 2008) and “star architects”, Koolhaas sentences the term to death:

“I think it’s a name that is actually degrading to the vast majority of people it is applied to. And it really is a kind of political term that for certain clients is important because they use star architects. My hope is that through the current complexity that title will exit discretely and disappear”.

 
 
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whoops says:

ha, that’s definitely h&dem’s prada store, not rem’s

 
# June 25, 2009 at 13:40
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tommi says:

not surprise, that’s typical CNN editing

 
# June 25, 2009 at 16:58
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Matt says:

Fools.

 
# June 25, 2009 at 17:15
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shreyank says:

ya…. those guys need to involve an architect to interview him… then that’ll be fun….

 
# June 25, 2009 at 19:14
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jGo says:

Yeah, why was Prada Tokyo on there? Is TVCC gone?

 
# June 26, 2009 at 03:35
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proarchitectonics says:

Such questions really don’t deserve answers. A little bit under level.

 
# June 26, 2009 at 05:27
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a_pinyol says:

I wonder why RK agreed to wear the CNN jacket, there’s something behind this, he doesn’t give much credit for that sort of media and even less to friendly chit chat… I wonder is he’s seen the final piece with Herzog’s building in it.
Even though it is a paradox to say on CNN you’re not a star he did so in a way it almost looks truthful… but my hunch tells me may be RK is trying to bend the american opinion in favor of a public-project-approach, truly a remarkable thought but also a hidden political whink… what!? anybody thought he just sat there to speak his mind and that’s it? Everything’s lobby

 
# June 26, 2009 at 05:28
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Lucas Gray says:

This was a terrible video. Blatant mistakes and poor editing. I did like Rem’s response to the starchitect and celebrity questions.

 
# June 26, 2009 at 05:31
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1:40 PM Jun 25th

interesting (if not a little too ego laden) interview with Rem Koolhaas, includes the Prada Transformer project http://tinyurl.com/qtw2cy

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3:47 PM Jun 25th

#architecture Rem Koolhaas on CNN, the end of the star architect?:
CNN’s Talk Asia just feat.. http://bit.ly/XWCQd

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6:33 PM Jun 25th

Guess he ran outta manifestos RT @ArchRecord RT @gekegeke @archdaily Rem Koolhaas on CNN, the end of the star architect? http://bit.ly/bzFav

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11:37 PM Jun 25th

The end of the Starchitect? Say it ain’t so Rem! What do I have left to aspire to? via @archdaily http://tinyurl.com/qtw2cy

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12:45 AM Jun 26th

rem continues to inspire me. too bad i left my smlxl at school. damn, and I’ve only made it through 1/4 http://bit.ly/I7dLy

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12:26 AM Jul 6th

Def with K-haas here..tho love the irony that it was on CNN..RT @archdaily RKoolhaas on CNN-the end of the star archtct? http://bit.ly/bzFav

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