“It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.”
— Oscar Niemeyer
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Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully
“Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two.”
— Tadao Ando
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I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture,
“I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture, art, and architecture, and learned of the existence of the game of GO, which I still play.”
— Philip Warren Anderson
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So what we have tried to do
“So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.”
— Minoru Yamasaki
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Whatever good things we build end up
“Whatever good things we build end up building us.”
— Jim Rohn
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It is not the beauty of a
“It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.”
— David Allan Coe
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The logic of Palladian architecture presented an
“The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.”
— Stephen Gardiner
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Architecture is the will of an epoch
“Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.”
— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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The bungalow had more to do with
“The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history.”
— Russell Lynes
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An important work of architecture will create
“An important work of architecture will create polemics.”
— Richard Meier
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Italy is full of historical buildings. And
“Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.”
— Tadao Ando
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