We're always taught that we're building for permanence, but why? I like the idea of a prosthetic architecture! When a section is removed, the building readjusts its weight distribution, like a living body. Elizabeth Diller More Quotes by Elizabeth Diller More Quotes From Elizabeth Diller I have a real survivor's instinct. Elizabeth Diller instinct survivor real As a kid, I imagined being an artist. Elizabeth Diller imagined kid being artist I can't imagine having a spouse who is not an architect. It's hard to put myself in the shoes of other couples where each partner brings totally different things from their day to the table. Elizabeth Diller partner day myself shoes In my thesis, I made an intellectual exercise out of creating a pair of buildings that were a repeat but slightly different - dissonant things make me uncomfortable. Elizabeth Diller buildings me intellectual exercise We were kind of arrogant when we started and became really humbled as we were doing architecture. It's really hard to work with budgets and deadlines and all of these collaborators and all of these voices and special interests. Elizabeth Diller doing architecture special work
