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The Architecture Thread

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In honor of Rem Koolhaas’ birthday today, Archdaily has two lenghty articels about him:

Rem Koolhaas: A Reluctant Architect

Why is Rem Koolhaas the World’s Most Controversial Architect? By Nicolai Ouroussoff

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I suspect Robert Venturi and Daniel Libeskind are the most controversial architects. Rem has a fairly comfortable place among his peers.
 
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Tomoaki Uno Architects
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Tomoaki Uno Architects
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Isn't that where Jack Bower takes suspected terrorists for torture interrogation?
 

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Tomoaki Uno Architects
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As I'm studying civil engineering and focusing primarily on concrete and steel structures, I'm intrigued by this. I often joke about how people should make huge, rectangular concrete blocks without any windows, just to make my job easier.
I mean, on one hand I can appreciate how concrete itself can be such a versatile material - it can be used to support an oil rig in the North Sea, or in this case, make a really strong impression. The pure function of concrete is mindblowing, but as Fang said, it kind of looks like a terrorist cell.

This one is interesting. I can't imagine how much trouble they had to go through in order to figure our the wind loads on this. It's going to be a pretty significant contribution. It's a pretty impressing building structurally, and it really shows what's possible with concrete as a material.
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