One of the stated goals of the postmodern movement in architecture was a greater sensitivity to the people who live in or use newly designed buildings. Martin Filler architecturebuildingdesign Change image and share on social
I like to be surrounded by books. My wife Evelyn has a Ph.D. in comparative literature, so we have a lot of her Spanish and German literature books which are wasted on me, plus a lot of novels and books on art and architecture shared by us both. Evelyn used to edit an art magazine called 'FMR,' so we have a common interest in design. David Chipperfield architectureartbook share on social
As a child, I always enjoyed building forts by stringing up bed sheets and clothes. I continue to be inspired by makeshift structures, including my own kids' forts and temporary architecture of all sorts. Janet Echelman architecturebedbuild share on social
Downtown Toronto is a very good place to talk about the neutrality of modernist architecture. I'm sure this kind of box-building was interesting in the Twenties, Thirties and Forties, but I think it's absolutely ridiculous to build like this in 2013. Stefan Sagmeister absolutelyarchitecturebox share on social
The 20th century is a period defined by cultural and artistic movements. However, the 21st century creative-scape that we occupy now doesn't really have movements in the same way. Instead it's made up of diverse individuals working across various platforms simultaneously; art, architecture, film, music and literature. Doug Aitken 20th21starchitecture share on social
The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture. Helmut Jahn americanarchitectureattitude Change image and share on social
Everything man is doing in architecture is to try to go against nature. Of course we have to understand nature to know how far we have to go against nature. The secret, I think, of the future is not doing too much. All architects have the tendency to do too much. Frei Otto architectarchitecturefuture share on social
It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. John Ruskin architecturefantasticimperfect Change image and share on social
Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches. Goldwin Smith architecturebeautychurch Change image and share on social
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims. R. Buckminster Fuller architectcallfuture Change image and share on social