The great problem of the concert hall is that the shoebox is the ideal shape for acoustics but that no architect worth their names wants to build a shoebox.
Rem KoolhaasLet's put it this way: One can be happy or unhappy in a building. But some buildings make us more depressed than others.
Rem KoolhaasI like fashion, whether or not it's overpriced, because it creates a sense of the sublime with relatively few means.
Rem Koolhaas