Word: unreality
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...wedded to any one style that he finds McArchitecture easy to digest. Unlike the work of Peter Eisenman or Gehry, a Koolhaas building isn't easily identifiable. "In some ways I consider that a compliment," says Koolhaas. "You work in so many conditions that it would be artificial and unreal if your work did not become very different too." One consistent element in Koolhaas' buildings, however, is a relaxed attitude toward detailing and a willingness to use extremely cheap materials. In Kunsthal, an art gallery in Rotterdam, he used unfinished concrete and corrugated plastic for walls, metal grids for flooring...
...third reason to institute my proposed initiative is that by inviting homeless people into Loker Commons--and not just bringing Loker food to them--we can introduce a measure of reality into this otherwise unreal world of chrome, frappes and turnip chips. Harvard students do not need a student center, but as long as we have one, every student shoulders a moral responsibility to make sure it looks as little like a set for "Friends" as humanly possible...
...flight, she would reach her home in Botswana some two and a half days later. Anthea, caring deeply for our roommate, remarked that while it is terrible to have a family member die, the distance only compounds the pain. To have to deal with additional pain of distance seems unreal to me. I am sad that Anthea is no longer with us, but I also feel the additional burden of sadness her family suffers due to the fact that California is a long way from South Africa...
...winner professed to having mixed emotions. Wu said he experienced "shock and an unreal kind of feeling" upon hearing that he had won the Rhodes...
...This is unreal...