"Koolhaas is not British, let the UK alone decide"
Comments update: ahead of the EU referendum this Thursday, OMA founder Rem Koolhaas has spoken out against Brexit, prompting readers on both sides to wade into the debate.
In or out: last week, Rem Koolhaas warned that Britain's EU Leave campaigners are fighting for a nostalgic idea of England that doesn't exist. But are Dezeen readers in or out"
"I'm voting leave because nobody owes allegiance to an unelected elite," said JayJay. "I am not nostalgic," agreed Ali Sina. "I only want the government we elect to make all the laws."
"Not a single Brexiteer that I've spoken to has been able to name a single law made in Brussels that they oppose," hit back Chris MacDonald.
Others felt it was not the Dutch architect's place to comment. "Koolhaas is not British. Let the UK alone decide," wrote Agagnu. Are you in or out" Let us know in the comments section »
Going, going, gone: the decision to auction off objects from the Philip Johnson-designed Four Seasons restaurant in New York prompted a strong reaction from critics, with architect Belmont Freeman saying it "made him sick". Readers largely agreed.
"This move by the owners of the Four Seasons is especially clueless and destructive," wrote DWLindeman.
"It says quite a bit about Modernism's legacy that it takes landmark decrees to save such spaces," said Colonel Pancake.
"Dining at The Four Seasons and a trip on the Con...
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