72 quotes found
“Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.”
“The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.”
“Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.”
“Zaha Hadid's Maxxi Museum is proof that Rome and contemporary architecture are no longer a paradox. The building is characteristic Hadid - with curving lines and organic shapes - and the permanent ...”
“In a place like the Greek Theater in L.A., to try and create a close connection with the audience seems almost antithetical to the architecture of the building.”
“In fact, it will be very easy to climb the building because of its shape and architecture.”
“Architecture is restricted to such a limited vocabulary. A building is either a high-rise or a perimeter block or a town house.”
“Architecture is undistinguished, sometimes derelict, but occasionally, as in 'Post and Beam,' there is something arresting in a setting... the building behind the Cathedral.”
“Guatemala's ornate presidential palace, once a terrifying fortress whose every corridor was patrolled by heavily armed soldiers in berets and camouflage uniforms, is now a normal public building wh...”
“Peasants, who after the liberation of the country became the masters of their lands and their country under the benevolence of Comrade Kim Il Sung, launched the campaigns for increasing agricultura...”
“The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.”
“Building design isn't trendy.”
“Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.”
“The federal government was responsible for building the levees, engineering the levees, and consequentially, the federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that has been done, which...”
“With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything, because he makes utility objects - the building is there to be used, and times change.”
“I left home and tried to live the life of a hermit, but I was still fighting myself. I went to England and worked as a chainman on the road. It was better therapy than the shrinks. Building a two-m...”
“Cautiously, he moved further out, checking the roofs, doors, windows. Nothing. He walked out further, keeping against the wooden wall of a building, just in case. His heart was pounding in his ears...”
“The trail of lime trees outside our building is still a public loo. where else are they supposed to go to the toilet in a city where public toilets are about as common as UFO sightings? (pp.281-82)”
“Old houses mended”
“Cost little less than new before they're ended.”
