- Nov 07, 2020
Architecture Quotes
Buildings that shape how we think about places.
One voice here admits thinking about architecture constantly, even dreaming about it, while flatly calling the field unnecessarily difficult. See Design quotes for related thoughts on the creative process behind it.
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- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward.
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a student at Columbia College, actually, in the Architecture school. Paul would drive in from Queens, showing me these new songs. I can't remember us working it out.
- Curtains
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- Nov 07, 2020
And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life.
- Excluded
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.
- Great Value
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- Nov 07, 2020
Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.
- Nov 07, 2020
I like to think about machines and technology in relation to landscape and architecture.
- Fish
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- Nov 07, 2020