R.E.M. Koolhaas Almost Famous India Quirks of Famous Architects
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What is the Pritzker Prize
In 2000, he was the recipient of this famous architectural award
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Who is Pink Floyd
Three out of the five founding members of this psychedelic band met while studying architecture at Regent Street Polytechic in London.
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What is tea
India is the largest producer and consumer of this beverage.
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Who is Frank Lloyd Wright
This famous architect's son created and patented the famous Lincoln Log children toys
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What is Delirious New York
This book set the pace for his career, and is regarded as a seminal work in urbanism
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Who is Ice Cube
This "chill" westcoast hip hop artist earned a diploma in draughtmanship and began studies in architecture as a failsafe for his music career.
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What is vegetariansim
India features the largest population of this type, either due to religious beliefs, personal, or both.
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Who is Alvar Alto
This famous Finish architect once said "Architectural art cannot be created in an office-like environment" and was reported to have "drank like a fish" during work.
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What is a Journalist
Koolhaas worked as a what before studying Architecture
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Who is Weird Al
This skilled arcordian player and recording artist graduated with a degree in architecture from Cal Poly before going on to become on of the most successful musicians in his genre.
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What is field hockey
While cricket is the most popular sport in India, this sport is actually the national sport in which India won gold in the 1928 olympics
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Who is Buckminster Fuller
The "domeinating" architectural mind was a polyphasic sleeper, meaning he would take short naps every three to four hours as opposed to a long nights sleep
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Who is Jan de Bont
When he was young, R.E.M. Koolhaas collaborated with this director, who credits would later include Speed and Twister
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Who is Benjamin Netanyahu
This prime minister of Israel holds two degrees from MIT - one of them in architecture.
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What is chess
India is the birthplace of this game, which originally was called chaturanga, meaning "four members of an army"
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Who is Luis Barragan
This colorful architect was known to have favored only eating entirely pink-colored meals.
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What is Estonia
In 2001, Koolhaas proposed a new visual language, along with a new flag, infamously named the "Barcode" for the EU. The flag came under sharp criticism for not having the correct colors for this country
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Who is Thomas Hardy
This famous English novelist and poet whom several architectural awards and helped construct London's historic St. Pancras Station before his literary career took off.
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What is a postal network
India features the largest network of its kind in the world, with over 1.5 million of hubs or offices located in the country
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Who is Da Vinci
This architect was ambidextrous and paranoid dyslexic, and he would draw forward with one hand while writing backward with the other, producing a mirror-image script or code that others found difficult to read.






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