1/30/2006
Rem Koolhaas
Koolhaas, the designer of Beijing's CCTV project which is scheduled for completion before the 2008 Olympic Games, is a perfect match for this ambitious project. Interestingly, Koolhaas does not compete for the top of the skyline, he considers this booring becuase his team will inevitably be beaten by another skyscraper. His approach is illustrated in the quotation provided below.
So, what does he build? Take a look at his portfolio.
"People can inhabit anything. And they can be miserable in anything and ecstatic in anything. 
More and more I think that architecture has nothing to do with it. Of course, that's both liberating and alarming. But the generic city, the general urban condition, is happening everywhere, and just the fact that it occurs in such enormous quantities must mean that it's habitable. Architecture can't do anything that the culture doesn't. We all complain that we are confronted by urban environments that are completely similar. We say we want to create beauty, identity, quality, singularity. And yet, maybe in truth these cities that we have are desired. Maybe their very characterlessness provides the best context for living." —R. Koolhaas interviewed in Wired Magazine 4.07, July 1996 [1]Are you now more interested in Architecture than ever? http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/models/spatial_models.html
Live Airport Radar
This is just what it sounds like, it's live radar from JFK.
