Architect And Their Quotes Flashcards
Walter gropius
Good architecture should be a projection of life itself and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical ,and artistic problems
1. Gropius house , massachusetts
2. Fagus factory , germany
Zaha zadid
Architecture is not about shelter only it should be able to exicite you calm you to make you thik
1. Bridge pavilion spain
2. Maxxi museum of 21sr century arts -
3. Hydar aliya centre
Tadao ando
The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture
Church of light japan
Shanghai poly grand theatre china
Shigeru ban
Im not inventing anything new im just using existing materials differently
1. Centre Pompidou-Metz france
2 cardboard cathedral, new zealand
Santiago calatrava
Always searching for more light and space
1.alamillo bridge spain
2. Auditorio de tenerife spain
Robert venturi
Less is bore
1. Gordon wu hall nyc
2. Ssainburg wing uk
Robert stem
To be an architect is to possess an individual voice speaking a generally understood language of form
15 central park west new york
Comcast tower Pennsylvania
Rem koolhaas
A building has 2 lives 1 imagined by its maker and the life afterwards and they are never the same
1. Macormick tribune campus centre chicago
2. CCTV headquarters china
Renzo piano
Architects have to dream we have to search for our Atlantises to be explorers adventurous and yet to build responsibly and well
1. Centre georges pompidou paris
2. The shard London
Richard meier
An important work of architecture will create polemics
1. Barcelona museum of art spain
2. The getty centre los angeles
Louis khan
Architecture is reaching out the truth
IIM Ahmedabad
Jatiyo sangshad bhaban bangladesh
Le Corbusier
To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and object
1. Villa savoye
2. Esprit nouveau pavillion paris
Mies van der rohe
Less is more
Fransworth house plano
Seagram building new york
Norman foster
As an architect you design for the present with the awareness of the past for a future which is essentially unknown
30 saint axe London
Willis faber and Dumas headquarters ipswich
Oscar niemeyer
Form follows function
Contemporary art Museum brazil
Natak city park brazil