Paul Goldberger Gets Deep on the Meaning of Koolhaas' Burnt Hotel in Beijing

Whenever we think we fully understand something to a fairly clear degree, we’re always proven wrong by writers far more poetic and gifted than we (speaking for this writer here, of course, as Stephanie is certainly far superior in the brains department). Such is the case with the New Yorker‘s Paul Goldberger who put together this great piece concerning the burning down of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Beijing (which you’ll recall we reported on here).