Koolhaas vs. Mayne

"THOM MAYNE"
An American modern architect, was one of the founders of the "Southern California Institute of Architecture" (SCI-Arc) in 1972 which he is positioned as one of the trustees. Additionally, he is the principle of the architectural firm, "Morphosis". 

Notable Works:

"New Academic Building" or "41 Cooper Square"

"U of T Graduate House"

"REM KOOLHAAS"

Koolhaas is a Dutch Architect, a theorist, urbanist and a Professor in practice of Architectural and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He is the founding partner of OMA and is widely known as an important architectural thinker and urbanist in his generation. 

  Notable Works:

"Beijing skyscraper"

"Seattle Central Library"

These two modernist architects, Thom Mayne and Rem Koolhaas, have a number of common traits when it comes to making buildings/structure. Their structures both consist of glass and concrete, like how a usual modern structure would. They both contain a suitable functionality in their works and even better, they are both pragmatic in the sense of how they use their materials and their function along. These are just a few of their traits that make them sustainable and timeless.

Good as they are, there are still those instances that I would most probably favor one than the other. In this case, I'm more likely leaning over to Thom Mayne. The term "form follows function", was my basis. In the works of Mayne, his structures are more on functionality than the actual form. Although his works are monolithic, he is still able to show great art in the environment. I like how his works contain the characteristic of "adaptability". I believe that adaptability is one of the key aspects I look for in architectural works. In the Philippines, my home country, adaptability is one of the key aspects in buildings because of the changing environment and the different needs of the people.