To cover the planet with glass

The metropolis is this simultaneous death of city and country. It is the crossroads where all the petty bourgeois come together, in the middle of this middle class that stretches out indefinitely, as much a result of rural flight as of urban sprawl. To cover the planet with glass would fit perfectly the cynicism of contemporary architecture.

The Invisible Committee, The Coming Insurrection (semiotext(e), 2009) p. 54