Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Architect, thinker, provocateur Rem Koolhaas brings his talents to South Beach - Visual Arts - MiamiHerald.com

Miami Beach is re-thinking its convention center and is considering Rem Koolhaus as an architect.  About as far from the Lake Worth reality as it can be.  However, this quote from the article jumped out at me.  In reference to Miami in general, the architect says this:
“It’s always unbelievably beautiful, so that is the biggest asset,” Koolhaas said in an interview. “I think there is another city which is unbelievably beautiful, which is Los Angeles. They both clearly have a lot more potential than they are currently realizing. But that also gives them an enormous charm.
Is Lake Worth's often talked about, but yet unrealized "potential", the source of its "charm?"