For architect Ole Scheeren, the people who live and work inside a building are as much a part of that building as concrete, steel and glass. He asks: Can architecture be about collaboration and storytelling instead of the isolation and hierarchy of a typical skyscraper? Visit five of Scheeren's buildings — from a twisted tower in China to a floating cinema in the ocean in Thailand — and learn the stories behind them. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

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1. WOW...!
2. Amazing Work! Incredible vision.
3. https://gum.co/hxVMK
4. great work ... I love architecture and you make me love it mooore :)
5. This is exciting , why do so many architects complain so much when there are so many opportunities out there ? It almost makes no sense to say it's a dying field when you see this kind of innovation taking place. Offices and schools will become playgrounds for people to interact more closely. This is amazing
6. All his renders look like this building would stand somewhere in heaven
7. anyone know what programme he used for the renders? or a process of getting them to that quality
8. think happy things
9. nice
10. nice
11. Awesome design :D Great Ted Talk.
12. This guy loves putting holes through his buildings ahah
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14. I always dream about a society with a vast architectural variety. Like the architechture of a home being the extension of personality.
    
    I would give my life to show people what that dream looked like. The view was incredible I have never seen anything like it before. From Glass dome homes, to curvilinear led lined futurist houses, to cake shaped houses, to pyramid houses, it just went on and on and on. Way beyond my wildest imagination.
    
    I immediately just knew after seeing that dream, that that was the direction humanity needed to head in. There was so much attention to individuality, personality, etc.
    
    It sounds so stupid talking about it, but if you could have seen the view i saw in the dream, you would just know.
15. Modern architecture is a crime against humanity. Ugliness is the king of today´s world.
16. How can something like 12:00 physically stand? It seems too ambitious or too expensive.
17. Narrative hybrids - c'moan. If you cannot speak in a way that engages with the non-elite how do you expect to reach the non-elite with architecture?
18. Great clip
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