ARCHITECTS DICTUMS NOTES

THE SUN NEVER KNEW HOW GREAT IT WAS UNTIL IT LOUIS KHAN
STRUCK THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING

I PREFER DRAWING TO TALKING LE CORBUSIER

ARCHITECTS SPEND AN ENTIRE LIFE WITH THIS RENZO PIANO

UNREASONABLE IDEA THAT YOU CAN FIGHT AGAINST
GRAVITY

I THINK TO BE CREATIVE YOU HAVE TO RESIST TAKING DANIEL LIBESKIND

THE EASY PATH

LETS DO THIS RIGHT. THIS IS FOR THE AGES. IM PEI

I BELIEVE THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE CAN BE DIRECTED A TADAO ANDO

LITTLE BY ARCHITECTURE

AS AN ARCHITECT, YOU DESIGN FOR THE PRESENT, NORMAN FOSTER

WITH AN AWARENESS OF THE PAST, FOR A FUTURE
WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY UNKNOWN.

YOU CAN USE AN ERASER ON THE DRAFTING TABLE OR FLW

A SLEDGE HAMMER ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

ARCHITECTURE IS THE ART OF HOW TO WASTE SPACE PHILLIP JOHNSON

THERE ARE 360 DEGREES, WHY STICK TO ONE ZAHA HADID

MY BUILDINGS ARE MORE FAMOUS THAN ME JEAN NOUVEL

EVERY BUILDING IS LIKE A PERSON. SINGLE AND LOUIS SULLIVAN

UNREPEATABLE.
GOD CREATED PAPER FOR THE PURPOSE OF AALVAR ATO
DRAWING ARCHITECTURE ON IT. EVERYTHING ELSE IS,
AT LEAST FOR ME, AN ABUSE OF PAPER.

I DONT KNOW WHY PEOPLE HIRE ARCHITECTS AND FRANK GEHRY

TELL THEM WHAT TO DO

IF YOURE LUCKY, YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE ROBERT VENTURI
BAD RESULTS OF YOUR GOOD IDEAS.

I DONT THINK YOU CAN TEACH ARCHITECTURE, YOU ZAHA HADID

CAN ONLY INSPIRE PEOPLE

ARCHITECTURE IS THE TRIUMPH OF HUMAN FLW

IMAGINATION OVER MATERIALS, METHODS, AND MEN,
TO PUT MAN INTO POSSESSION OF HIS OWN EARTH

IF YOU WERENT AN OPTIMIST, IT WOULD BE NORMAN FOSTER

IMPOSSIBLE TO BE AN ARCHITECT

LIFE IS ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHITECTURE IS THE IM PEI

MIRROR OF LIFE

BY DINT OF BUILDING WELL, YOU GET TO BE A GOOD ARISTOTLE

ARCHITECT

THE JOB OF THE ARCHITECT TODAY IS TO CREATE PHILLIP JOHNSON

BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS. THATS ALL

THERE ARE NO STRAIGHT LINES OR SHARP CORNERS ANTONIO GAUDI

IN NATURE. THEREFORE, BUILDINGS MUST HAVE NO
STRAIGHT LINES OR SHARP CORNERS.

WHEN I'M WORKING ON A PROBLEM, I NEVER THINK RICHARD BUCKMINISTER FULLER

ABOUT ITS BEAUTY. I JUST THINK ABOUT HOW TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM. BUT WHEN I FINISH IT, IF THE
SOLUTIONS IS NOT BEAUTIFUL, I KNOW IT’S WRONG.

WE SHOULD ATTEMPT TO BRING NATURE, HOUSES MIES VAN DER ROHE

AND HUMAN BEINGS TOGETHER IN A HIGHER UNITY

ANY ARCHITECTURAL WORK THAT DOES NOT EXPRESS LUIS BARRAGAN

SERENITY IS AN ERROR

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD DAVID CHIPPERFIELD

ARCHITECTURE IS THE TIME YOU SPEND ON IT

I CALL ARCHITECTURE FROZEN MUSIC JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

ARCHITECTURE STARTS WHEN YOU PUT 2 BRICKS MIES VAN DER ROHE
TOGETHER

EACH NEW SITUATION REQUIRES A NEW JEAN NOUVEL

ARCHITECTURE

98% OF WHAT GETS BUILT TODAY IS SHIT FRANK GEHRY

AN IDEA IS SALVATION BY IMAGINATION FLW

TO CREATE, ONE MUST FIRST QUESTION EVERYTHING EILEEN GRAY

ARCHITECTURE IS A VISUAL ART AND THE BUILDINGS JULIA MORGAN

SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES

ARCHITECTURE IS AN EXPRESSION OF VALUES NORMAN FOSTER

MY ARCHITECTURE IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND OSCAR NIEMEYER

ENJOY. I HOPE IT ALSO IS HARD TO FORGET
FORM FOLLOWS PROFIT IS THE AESTHETIC PRINCIPLE RICHARD ROGERS
OF OUR TIMES

ARCHITECTURE AIMS AT ETERNITY CHRISTOPHER WREN

EVERY GREAT ARCHITECT IS NECESSARY - A GREAT FLW

POET

ARCHITECTURE BELONGS TO CULTURE, NOT ALVAR AALTO

CIVILIZATION

ARCHITECTURE IS MEASURED AGAINST THE PAST, YOU RICHARD ROGERS

BUILD IN THE PRESENT, AND YOU TRY TO IMAGINE IN
THE FUTURE

FORM FOLLOWS BEAUTY OSCAR NIEMEYER

ARCHITECTURE IS A DANGEROUS MIX OF POWER AND REM KOOLHAS

IMPORTANCE

ARCHITECTURE IS THE THOUGHTFUL MAKING OF LOUIS KHAN

SPACE

A PROPER BUILDING GROWS NATURALLY, LOGICALLY LOUIS SULLIVAN

AND POETICALLY OUT OF ALL ITS CONDITIONS

BUT THE BUILDINGS IDENTITY RESIDED IN THE LOUIS SULLIVAN

ORNAMENT

ALL FINE ARCHITECTURAL VALUES ARE HUMAN FLW

VALUES, ELSE NOT VALUABLE

ONE OF THE GREATEST BEAUTY OF ARCHITECTURE IS RENZO PIANO

THAT EACH TIME IT IS LIKE LIFE STARTING ALL OVER
AGAIN
TO CREATE ARCHITECTURE IS TO PUT IN ORDER, PUT LE CORBUSIER
WHAT IN ORDER, FUNCTION AND OBJECTS

ARCHITECTURE SHOULD BE ROOTED IN THE PAST, AND MOSHE SAFDIE

YET BE PART OF OUR OWN TIME AND FORWARD
LOOKING

GOD IS IN THE DETAILS MIES VAN DER ROHE

NOTHING IS ART IF IT DOES NOT COME FROM NATURE ANTONIO GAUDI

ORIGINALITY IS A RETURN TO THE ORIGIN ANTONIO GAUDI

A MUSEUM IS A PLACE WHERE ONE SHOULD LOSE RENZO PIANO

ONES HEAD

IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT TO MAKE A BUILDING LOOK NORMAN FOSTER

EFFORTLESS

ALL CHILDREN LIKE ROUND FORMS FUMIHIKO MAKI

I ALWAYS CONSIDER A BUILDING AS A PART OF THE CHRISTIAN DE PORTZAMPARC

WHOLE

WE BORROW FROM NATURE THE SPACE UPON WHICH TADAO ANDO

WE BUILD

I BELIEVE THAT THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE CAN BE TADAO ANDO

DIRECTED A LITTLE BY ARCHITECTURE

ALL ARCHITECTS WANT TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR PHILLIP JOHNSON

DEATHS

THE DOOR HANDLE IS THE HANDSHAKE OF THE JUHANI PALLASMAA

BUILDING
 BUILD, DONT TALK MIES VAN DER ROHE

A DOCTOR CAN BURY HIS MISTAKES, BUT AN FLW

ARCHITECT CAN ONLY ADVISE HIS CLIENTS TO PLANT
VINES

ARCHITECTURE IS INVENTION OSCAR NIEMEYER

I DONT WANT TO BE INTERESTING, I WANT TO BE LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

GOOD

I AM A CAPITALIST NOR SOCIALIST, LUCIO COSTA

I AM NOT RELIGIOUS OR AND ATHEIST

A GREAT BUILDING MUST BEGIN WITH THE LUIS KHAN1

UNMEASURABLE, MUST GO THROUGH MEASURABLE
MEANS WHEN IT IS BEING DESIGNED AND IN THE END
MUST BE UNMEASURABLE

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