Quotes

The sun never knew how great it was until it struck the side of a building. – Louis Kahn I don’t know why people hire architects and then tell them… Keep Reading

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture, they say. Here are 20 memorable quotes by architects, designers and critics. “Less is more” is perhaps one of the most influential… Keep Reading

Arkhitekton – master builder, director of works, also known as an architect. Apollodorus (image above) of Damascus is a Greek Architect and Engineer. If you’re wondering why the noses are… Keep Reading

Personally, I think it is a wonderful thing to help people, however, there can be times when people will take advantage of your kindness as weakness. More often than not,… Keep Reading

Whatever good things we build end up building us. – Jim Rohn Architecture is a visual art and the buildings speak for themselves. – Julia Morgan I call architecture frozen… Keep Reading

Walter Adolph Georg Gropius [ Wikipedia ] was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd… Keep Reading

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe [ Wikipedia ] was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd… Keep Reading

Regarded as one of the great master builders of the Twentieth Century, Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky) was one of America’s most influential modernist architects. Kahn created a style… Keep Reading

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier [ Wikipedia ], was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture.… Keep Reading

Frank Lloyd Wright [ Wikipedia ] was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. Wright believed in designing… Keep Reading

Antoni Gaudí [ Wikipedia ] i Cornet was a Spanish architect from Catalonia. He is the best known practitioner of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí’s works have a highly individualized, and one-of-a-kind… Keep Reading

Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto [ Wikipedia ] was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings, though he never… Keep Reading

Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira [ Wikipedia ] is a Portuguese architect, and architectural educator. He is internationally known as Alvaro Siza and in Portugal as Siza Vieira. He… Keep Reading