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The Diary by Trevor Howells
No Comments April 22nd, 2007

Of all the arts in the world, none is more fundamental to the way we live than architecture. It is a mirror of our own time and of times gone by, a diary that is written in mud and timber, in brick and stone, in iron and steel, in concrete and glass. Our homes, our [...]



Architecture Quotes 05
No Comments December 4th, 2006

“Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we’ve both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business.” - Philip Johnson
“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.” - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
“Architecture [...]



Architecture Quotes 04
No Comments September 18th, 2006

“I do not believe architecture should speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind speak.” - Tadao Ando
“People can inhabit anything. And they can be miserable in anything and ecstatic in anything. More and more I think that architecture has nothing to do with it. Of [...]



Another Person’s Treasure
No Comments May 30th, 2006

“Next time you see an ugly building, remember, someone designed it, and someone else paid good money for that design. Who’s the bigger fool?” - Unknown
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Architecture Quotes 03
No Comments March 16th, 2006

“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.”
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
“Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music”
- Friedrich von Schelling
“Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we’ve both got to say yes [...]



Architecture Quotes 02
Comments OffDecember 5th, 2005

Form ever follows function.
- Louis Henry Sullivan
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All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
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Light, God’s eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.
- Thomas Fuller
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Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, that the sight of them may contribute to his mental [...]



Architecture Quotes 01
No Comments October 31st, 2005

Of all the arts in the world, none is more fundamental to the way we live than architecture. It is a mirror of our own time and of times gone by, a diary that is written in mud and timber, in brick and stone, in iron and steel, in concrete and glass. Our homes, our [...]




     

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    Currently studying Architecture in Curtin University, Western Australia. Calvin loves web designing and photography, occasionally he blogs about his thoughts and opinions.

    Every morning he refill himself with weird energy-inducing substances known as coffee and tea and then off saving the world, I mean studying and blogging of course.

    The author is not a CAD expert nor a web genius. Just another guy spending too much time online (believe me, way too much). The tutorials featured here are meant for basic level understanding.








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