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• Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

  Arthur Erickson

  Topics in Art, Enemy

  Tags in Architecture, Basis, Rationalism, Though, Necessary

• Architecture is the very mirror of life. You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society.

  I. M. Pei

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  Tags in Architecture

• The whole basis of the views of architecture prevailing today must be displaced by the recognition that the only possible point of departure for our artistic creation is modern life.

  Otto Wagner

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  Tags in Architecture

• Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

  Frank Gehry

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  Tags in Architecture, Speak Time, Timelessness, Should, Place

• I love Sutton House in Clapton, a beautiful example of Tudor architecture.

  Sharon Horgan

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Architecture, Example

• Frank Lloyd Wright made houses right up until the end. I think that’s important because it gives you a direct connection to all the basic aspects of architecture – the spatial energy of the place, the construction, the materials, the site, the detail.

  Steven Holl

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Architecture, Construction

• Princeton University’s campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.

  Steven Holl

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  Tags in Princeton, Architecture

• I think architecture, to be really intense and fulfilling, doesn’t have to be large.

  Steven Holl

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  Tags in Architecture, Intense

• To make architecture with any real value is a massive challenge.

  Thomas Heatherwick

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  Tags in Architecture, Value

• The traditional notion of an architect having a vision of a building and then drawing it either on paper or on a computer and then constructing it isn’t really how architecture works, and in reality, the computer has a lot of influence on design.

  Michael Hansmeyer

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Traditional, Architecture

• What’s fascinating about D.C., the exteriors are these elaborate structures, this gorgeous architecture and beautiful stonework, and then you go inside and it’s crap-looking – apart from the White House, which is beautiful.

  Tony Hale

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Architecture, Gorgeous

• As a woman, I’m expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don’t design nice buildings – I don’t like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.

  Zaha Hadid

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Design, Architecture

• I think about architecture all the time. That’s the problem. But I’ve always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

  Zaha Hadid

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  Tags in Sometimes, Architecture

• I really love Miami, but I don’t think the architecture matches the city. It’s a bit too commercial.

  Zaha Hadid

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  Tags in Commercial, Architecture

• Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It’s very tough.

  Zaha Hadid

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  Tags in Unnecessarily, Architecture

• Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

  Zaha Hadid

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Architecture, Herself
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  Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.

  Julia Morgan

  Topics in Art

  Tags in Architecture, Themselves

• New Orleans is unlike any city in America. Its cultural diversity is woven into the food, the music, the architecture – even the local superstitions. It’s a sensory experience on all levels and there’s a story lurking around every corner.

  Ruta Sepetys

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  Tags in Architecture, Levels

• Architecture in general is frozen music.

  Friedrich von Schelling

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  Tags in Frozen, Architecture

• Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know.

  Richard Rogers

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  Tags in Architecture, Course