Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes architecture build theory
Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom. Arthur Erickson constrainteuphoricfreedom Change image and share on social
Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today. Arthur Erickson achieveboundcivilization Change image and share on social
Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression. Arthur Erickson architecturalbottomcontemporary Change image and share on social
We have to base architecture on the environment. Toyo Ito architecturebaseenvironment Change image and share on social
I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil. Thomas Carlyle dailydevilfact Change image and share on social
Though builders may build, in the main they follow the plans of architects. Teachers teach, but they must have a text. Politicians govern, but only upon the flow of commentary that raises them up or casts them down. Mark Helprin architectbuildbuilder share on social
