Article Rem Koolhaas: A Reluctant Architect, by Vanessa Quirk

Rem Koolhaas © Dominik Gigler

"This was the breakthrough of Koolhaas’ career, and the fact that would influence all his future work: that architecture need not be limited to the building of built “solutions,” but rather could be defined as a mindset, a way of approaching the world, of designing for growth and decay."

"http://www.archdaily.com/294970/rem-koolhaas-a-reluctant-architect/

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012 HAVING IT ALL
The dining area is anchored by a heart-shaped painting by Damien Hirst that Mike Meiré and his wife, Michelle Elie, bought as a wedding gift to themselves.Photographs by JASON SCHMIDT    

"Meiré’s peace of mind may very well be a product of age. But meditation doesn’t hurt either. He reads Jiddu Krishnamurti and, in one of the apartment’s many renovations, he built himself a meditation room. “I learned to live without expectations, because you cannot be disappointed and you are much more free,” he says."
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/04/t-magazine/04well-meire.html?smid=tw-share