ARCHITECT'S DICTUM Flashcards
“God is in the details.”
Ludwig Mies van derRohe
“whatever good things we build end up building us”
Jim Rohn
“Life is architecture and architecture is the mirror of life”
I.M. Pei
“Architecture is a visual art and the buildings speak for themselves.”
Julia Morgan
“Architecture is the learned game correct and magnificent of forms assembled in the light”
Le Corbusier
“Good buildings come from good people and all problems are solved by good design.”
Stephen Gardiner
“Architecture is an expression of values”
Norman Foster
“Any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistakes.”
Luis Barragan
“One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time it is like life starting all over again.”
Renzo Piano
“The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it.”
David Chipperfield
“I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.”
Tadao Ando
“FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION”
LOUIS SULLIVAN
“FORM DOES NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW FUNCTION”
ANTONIO GAUD I
“ART AND ARCHITECTURE, THE NEW UNITY
WALTER GROPIUS
“A HOUSE IN A HOUSE”
LOUIS KAHN
“CUBE WITHIN A CUBE”
LE CORBUSIEA
“A BRIDGE IS LIKE A HOUSE”
ROBERT MAILLART
“LESS IS MORE”
LUDWIG MIES VAN DE ROHE
“MODERN ARCHITECTURE NEED NOT BE WESTERN”
KENZO TANGE
“FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM”
ECRO SAARINEN
“ARCHITECTURE MUST MEET 3 REQUIREMENTS STRENGTH, BEAUTY, UNITY”
MARCUS VITRUVIUS POCIO
“Less is Bore”
Robert Venturi
“Architecture should be reflective of the culture and the life”
Leandro Locsin
“Design as if you are a child”
Michael Graves
“A house is a machine to live in”
Le Corbusier
“ornament = crime”
adolf loos
“straight lines belong to man, curve lines belong to god”
Antonio Gaudi
“Symbolism and Blasphemies”
I.M. Pei
“Beauty grows from necessity, not from the repetition of formulas”
Eliel Saarinen
Form is what, design is how
Richard Rogers
