People can inhabit anything. And they can be miserable in anything and ecstatic in anything. More and more I think that architecture has nothing to do with it. Of course, that's both liberating and alarming. Rem Koolhaas alarmarchitectureecstatic share on social
The visual architecture of 'Biutiful' is the most sophisticated of all the films I have directed. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu architecturebiutifuldirect Change image and share on social
Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth. Alvar Aalto architectureearthlocal Change image and share on social
The body moves through space every day, and in architecture in cities that can be orchestrated. Not in a dictatorial fashion, but in a way of creating options, open-ended sort of personal itineraries within a building. And I see that as akin to cinematography or choreography, where episodic movement, episodic moments, occur in dance and film. Antoine Predock akinarchitecturebody share on social
The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line. Arthur Erickson architectureartbottom Change image and share on social
The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe. Arthur Erickson architectureeuropejapan Change image and share on social
Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life. Arne Jacobsen architectureconsumeentire Change image and share on social
I don't build because I am an architect. I can make true architecture because I do not build. Leon Krier architectarchitecturebuild Change image and share on social
It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms. Oscar Niemeyer architectureastonishdraw Change image and share on social
You are a victim of your own neural architecture which doesn't permit you to imagine anything outside of three dimensions. Even two dimensions. People know they can't visualise four or five dimensions, but they think they can close their eyes and see two dimensions. But they can't. Leonard Susskind architectureclosedimension share on social