Art of Architecture
The Art of Architecture: A Complete Whole
“Architecture is like a mythical fantastic. It has to be experienced. It can’t be described. We can draw it up and we can make models of it, but it can only be experienced as a complete whole.” Maya Lin
The Art of Architecture: Tea
“Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.” Yoshio Taniguchi
The Art of Architecture: Sentiments
“Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect’s task, therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.” Adolf Loos
The Art of Architecture: Drawing Architecture
“God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is, at least for me, an abuse of paper.” Alvar Aalto
The Art of Architecture: Mythic Design
“The architect’s role is to make the mythic real.” Sotirios Kotoulas
The Art of Architecture: The Value of Home
“All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.” Frank Lloyd Wright
The Art of Architecture: Frozen Music
“I call architecture frozen music.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Art of Architecture: Cultivate
“The most innovative designers consciously reject the standard option box and cultivate an appetite for thinking wrong.” Marty Neumeier
The Art of Architecture: Form Meets Function
“An object should be judged by whether it has a form consistent with its use.” Bruno Munari
The Art of Architecture: Well-Being
“Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space … On the one hand it’s about shelter, but it’s also about pleasure.” Zaha Hadid