Quotes by Architecture Living in Edinburgh, I consider myself particularly lucky - we have the biggest book festival in the world, a plethora of fascinating libraries and museums, and some of the greatest architecture in Europe. Sara Sheridan myselfarchitecturebookworld Itjtawy was ancient Egypt's capital for over four hundred years, at a period of time called the Middle Kingdom about four thousand years ago. The site is located in the Faiyum of Egypt, and the site is really important because in the Middle Kingdom there was this great renaissance for ancient Egyptian art, architecture and religion. Sarah Parcak architecturetimeartreligion Downtown Toronto is a very good place to talk about the neutrality of modernist architecture. I'm sure this kind of box-building was interesting in the Twenties, Thirties and Forties, but I think it's absolutely ridiculous to build like this in 2013. Stefan Sagmeister placegoodthinkarchitecture Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design. Stephen Gardiner problemsgoodarchitecturepeople Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England. Stephen Gardiner straightunitedarchitectureengland The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally. Stephen Gardiner whichaestheticlogicarchitecture The frightening thought that what you draw may become a building makes for reasoned lines. Saul Steinberg thoughtyoubuildingarchitecture Aesthetically, London is just beautiful; it's a gorgeous city. The architecture, monuments, the parks, the small streets - it's an incredible place to be. Sara Bareilles cityplacearchitecturebeautiful Prediction is structurally inseparable from the business of punditry: It creates the essential image of indefatigable authority that is punditry's very architecture; it flows from that calcified image, and it provides the substance for the story that keeps getting told about the inevitability of American progress. Rick Perlstein storyprogressarchitecturebusiness We don't believe we've solved the multicore-programming problem. But we think we've built an environment in which a certain class of problems can take advantage of the multicore architecture. Rob Pike problemsarchitectureproblembelieve To me... San Francisco is an ideal city, intellectually stimulating and naturally beautiful. The oceans and forests are close enough to refresh the spirit; the architecture is always exciting. Ruth Bernhard citymearchitecturebeautiful Gothic architecture requires individual craftsmanship. The wish to create an enclosed world for the congregation gives rise in Gothic architecture to the need to create something wherein the activity of the congregation plays a part. Rudolf Steiner risearchitecturewishworld When Europeans first came to Africa, they considered the architecture very disorganized and thus primitive. It never occurred to them that the Africans might have been using a form of mathematics that they hadn't even discovered yet. Ron Eglash africanevermathematicsarchitecture I started collecting aerial photographs of Native American and South Pacific architecture; only the African ones were fractal. And if you think about it, all these different societies have different geometric design themes that they use. So Native Americans use a combination of circular symmetry and fourfold symmetry. Ron Eglash thinkyoudesignarchitecture My assumption was that all indigenous architecture would be more fractal. My reasoning was that all indigenous architecture tends to be organized from the bottom up. As it turns out, though, my reasoning was wrong. Ron Eglash wrongmoreuparchitecture To come to England in the 1970s was to return to this strange other-world of half-known history. I found the imperial architecture curiously familiar: the post office, the town hall, the botanic gardens. Romesh Gunesekera strangearchitectureofficehistory I'm really into architecture, I'm a member of the Brutalist Appreciation Society; I'm a member of the Postmodern Society. I write letters to save buildings. Roisin Murphy architecturesocietyappreciation I initially thought I would be an architect, maybe. So I went to architecture camp and quickly learned that I did not want to be an architect. I was like, 'No. This is not for me.' Robin Lord Taylor thoughtmearchitecturewant The first thing you must know as an actor or director is the space you will inhabit. See the architecture; imagine where things can happen in space. Robert Wilson knowyouarchitecturespace Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future. Richard Rogers youfuturearchitecturepast«2122232425262728293031»
