Emilio Ambasz

Professions :

Born :

June 13, 1943

When an architect is asked what his best building is, he usually... by Emilio Ambasz

When an architect is asked what his best building is, he usually answers, "The next one."

next architecture answers

In reality some images or drawings have a greater impact than man... by Emilio Ambasz

In reality some images or drawings have a greater impact than many buildings that are built.

impact drawing reality

The large executive chair elevates the sitter. and it is covered with the skin of some animal, preferably your predecessor.

chairs skins animal

Princeton is a sublime undergraduate university. It has a good ar... by Emilio Ambasz

Princeton is a sublime undergraduate university. It has a good architecture school.

sublime architecture school

I was born in Argentina, June 13, 1943. I brought up my parents very well, so they let me come to America to study at Princeton University.

princeton-university june america

Argentina is a marvelous place. Argentines are great bankers of information. They import information; if someone sneezes in Milan or in New York, they clean their faces very fast there.

argentina new-york bankers

My first architectural project I did, I must have been fifteen, was for neighbors across the street, a couple of school teachers, and I designed a house for them. I didn't know anything about Le Corbusier or anything like that, but it ended up being a very cubistic kind of house. I always wanted to be an architect.

teachers street house school

Ben van Berkel

Bruno Zevi

Bruno Freschi

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

Arthur Erickson

Arne Jacobsen