FAMOUS ARCHITECT DICTUMS

WE ARE CALLED TO BE ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE, NOT ITS

ARCHITECTURE MUST MEET 3 REQUIREMENTS:

VICTIMS.

FORM EVER FOLLOWS FUNCTION.

-RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER

-LOUIS HENRY SULLIVAN

DOING MORE WITH LESS.
OUR ARCHITECTURE REFLECTS TRULY AS A MIRROR.

-RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER

-LOUIS HENRI SULLIVAN

"WHEN I AM WORKING ON A PROBLEM, I NEVER THINK ABOUT
"THE ARCHITECT WHO COMBINES IN HIS BEING THE POWERS

BEAUTY... BUT WHEN I HAVE FINISHED, IF THE SOLUTION IS

OF VISION, OF IMAGINATION, OF INTELLECT, OF SYMPATHY

NOT BEAUTIFUL, I KNOW IT IS WRONG"

WITH HUMAN NEED AND THE POWER TO INTERPRET THEM IN A

-BUCKMINSTER FULLER

LANGUAGE VERNACULAR AND TIME--- IS HE WHO SHALL

CREATE POEMS IN STONE."

"MAKE BIG PLANS; AIM HIGH IN HOPE AND WORK,

- LOUIS SULLIVAN

REMEMBERING THAT A NOBLE, LOGICAL DIAGRAM ONCE

RECORDED WILL NOT DIE"

FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION

-DANIEL BURNHAM

- LOUIS SULLIVAN
"MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS; THEY HAVE NO MAGIC TO STIR MEN'S
"FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION- THAT HAS BEEN

BLOOD"

MISUNDERSTOOD. FORM AND FUNCTION SHOULD BE ONE,

-DANIEL BURNHAM

JOINED IN A SPIRITUAL UNION"

-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

FORM DOES NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW FUNCTION

-ANTONIO GAUDI

ARCHITECTURE IS ORGANIC
- FRANK LLYOD WRIGHT

THOSE WHO LOOK FOR THE LAWS OF NATURE AS A SUPPORT

FOR THEIR NEW WORKS COLLABORATE WITH THE CREATOR.

THE THING ALWAYS HAPPENS THAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN;

-ANONIO GAUDI

AND THE BELIEF IN A THING MAKES IT HAPPEN.

-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

"ARCHITECTURE IS THE REACHING OUT FOR THE TRUTH"

-LOUIS KAHN

A DOCTOR CAN BURY HIS MISTAKES BUT AN ARCHITECT CAN

ONLY ADVISE HIS CLIENT TO PLANT VINES.

A HOUSE IS A HOUSE

-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

- LOUIS KAHN

THE GOOD BUILDING IS NOT ONE THAT HURTS THE

A BRIDGE IS LIKE A HOUSE

LANDSCAPE, BUT ONE WHICH MAKES THE LANDSCAPE MORE

- ROBERT MAILLART

BEAUTIFUL THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE BUILDING WAS BUILT.

-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM

- EERO SAARINEN

"ARCHITECTURE IS THE TRIUMPH OF HUMAN IMAGINATION

OVER MATERIALS, METHODS, AND MEN, TO PUT MAN INTO

ARCHITECTURAL-FORM EQUALS SOCIAL-FORM

POSSESSION OF HIS OWN EARTH"

-ELIEL SAARINEN

-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

"ALL ARCHITECTS WANT TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR DEATHS"
AN ARCHITECTS MOST USEFUL TOOLS ARE AN ERASER AT

-PHILIP JOHNSON

THE DRAFTING BOARD, AND A WRECKING BAR AT THE SITE.

-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

GOD IS IN THE DETAILS

-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

"EVERY GREAT ARCHITECT IS- NECESSARILY - A GREAT POET.

HE MUST BE A GREAT ORIGINAL INTERPRETER OF HIS TIME,

ARCHITECTURE STARTS WHEN YOU CAREFULLY PUT TWO

HIS DAY, HIS AGE"

BRICKS TOGETHER. THERE IT BEGINS.

-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

ALL FINE ARCHITECTURAL VALUES ARE HUMAN VALES, ELSE

"ARCHITECTURE IS THE WILL OF AN EPOCH TRANSLATED INTO

NOT VALUABLE.

SPACE"

-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

I KNOW THE PRICE OF SUCCESS: DEDICATION, HARD WORK

"ARCHITECTURE STARTS WHEN YOU CAREFULLY PUT TWO

AND AN UNREMITTING DEVOTION TO THE THINGS YOU WANT

BRICKS TOGETHER. THERE IT BEGINS"

TO SEE HAPPEN.

-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

LESS IS MORE.

-WALTER GROPIUS

-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

A MODERN, HARMONIC AND LIVELY ARCHITECTURE IS THE
"LESS IS A BORE"

VISIBLE SIGN OF AN AUTHENTIC DEMOCRACY.

-ROBERT VENTURI

-WALTER GROPIUS

MORE IS MORE.

A HARMONIOUS DESIGN REQUIRES THAT NOTHING BE ADDED

-ROBERT VENTURI

OR TAKEN AWAY.
MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO

FORMS ACCOMMODATES FUNCTION

-ROBERT VENTURI

ARCHITECTURE IS A SCIENCE ARISING OUT OF MANY OTHER

SCIENCES, AND ADORNED WITH MUCH AND VARIED LEARNING;

"TAKE CARE OF THE LUXURIES

BY THE HELP OF WHICH A JUDGMENT IS FORMED OF THOSE

AND THE NECESSITIES WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES"

WORKS WHICH ARE THE RESULT OF OTHER ARTS.

-LE CORBUSIER

- MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO

"I PREFER DRAWING TO TALKING. DRAWING IS FASTER,

AND LEAVES LESS ROOM FOR LIES"
-LE CORBUSIER

STRENGTH, BEAUTY, AND UNITY

-MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO
ALL ARCHITECTURE IS SHELTER, ALL GREAT ARCHITECTURE
IS THE DESIGN OF SPACE THAT CONTAINS, CUDDLES, EXALTS,

"SPACE AND LIGHT AND ORDER. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT

OR STIMULATES THE PERSONS IN THAT SPACE.

MEN NEED JUST AS MUCH AS THEY NEED BREAD OR A PLACE

-PHILIP JOHNSON

TO SLEEP"
-LE CORBUSIER

ARCHITECTURE IS THE ART OF HOW TO WASTE SPACE.

-PHILIP JOHNSON

"THE HOME SHOULD BE THE TREASURE CHEST OF LIVING"

LE CORBUSIER

ALL ARCHITECTS WANT TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR DEATHS.

-PHILIP JOHNSON

"ARCHITECTURE IS THE LEARNED GAME, CORRECT AND

ARCHITECTS TODAY TEND TO DEPRECIATE THEMSELVES, TO

MAGNIFICANT, OF FORMS ASSEMBLED IN THE LIGHT"

REGARD THEMSELVES AS NO MORE THAN JUST ORDINARY

-LE CORBUSIER

CITIZENS WITHOUT THE POWER TO REFORM THE FUTURE.

-KENZO TANGE

CUBE WITHIN A CUBE

- LE CORBUSIER

MODERN ARCHITECTURE NEED NOT TO BE WESTERN

- KENZO TANGE

"THE HOUSE IS A MACHINE FOR LIVING IN"

- LE CORBUSIER

THE CITY MUST BE SUBJECT TO GROWTH, DECAY AND

RENEWAL

ARCHITECTURE IS THE LEARNED GAME, CORRECT AND

MAGNIFICENT, OF FORMS ASSEMBLED IN THE LIGHT.
-LE CORBUSIER
TO CREATE ARCHITECTURE IS TO PUT IN ORDER. PUT WHAT
IN ORDER? FUNCTION AND OBJECTS.
-LE CORBUSIER
ITS VERY ATMOSPHERIC. ITS NOT A BUILDING THAT IS A
SEVERE STATEMENT IN THE SKYLINE. WE NEED THE HEIGHT;
OTHERWISE, THE BUILDING ALMOST DISAPPEARS BECAUSE IT
IS SO SLENDER.
-SANTIAGO CALATRAVA
ART AND ARCHITECTURE, THE NEW UNITY
- WALTER GROPIUS
ARCHITECTURE BEGINS WHERE ENGINEERING ENDS.
-WALTER GROPIUS
A MODERN, HARMONIC AND LIVELY ARCHITECTURE IS THE
VISIBLE SIGN OF AN AUTHENTIC DEMOCRACY.

-KENZO TANGE
I BELIEVE THAT THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE CAN BE DIRECTED A
LITTLE BY ARCHITECTURE.
-TADAO ANDO
I WOULD LIKE MY ARCHITECTURE TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO USE
THEIR OWN RESOURCES, TO MOVE INTO THE FUTURE.
-TADAO ANDO
I HOPE THAT AMERICA AS A WHOLE, AND ESPECIALLY ITS
ARCHITECTS, WILL BECOME MORE SERIOUSLY INVOLVED IN
PRODUCING A NEW ARCHITECTURAL CULTURE THAT WOULD
BRING THE NATION TO THE APEX WHERE IT HAS STOOD
BEFORE AND LEAD THE WORLD.
-TADAO ANDO
THAT ABSTRACT FORMS, DERIVED FROM TECHNOLOGY AND
FUNCTION, CAN BE USED SENSITIVELY IN EVERYDAY
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, LARGE URBAN SCHEMES, AND
MONUMENTS.
-IOH MING PEI

FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM

"IT IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL ACT, ARCHITECTURE. YOU HAVE TO

- EERO SAARINEN

CONSIDER YOUR CLIENT. ONLY OUT OF THAT CAN YOU

PRODUCE GREAT ARCHITECTURE. YOU CANNOT WORK IN THE

"THE PURPOSE OF ARCHITECTURE IS TO SHELTER AND

ABSTRACT"

ENHANCE MAN'S LIFE ON EARTH AND TO FULFILL HIS BELIEF IN

-IOH MING PEI

THE NOBILITY OF HIS EXISTENCE"

-EERO SAARINEN

AN IMPORTANT WORK OF ARCHITECTURE WILL CREATE

POLEMICS.

"TO ME, THE DRAWN LANGUAGE IS A VERY REVEALING

-RICHARD MEIER

LANGUAGE, ONE CAN SEE IN A FEW LINES WHETHER A MAN IS

REALLY AN ARCHITECT"

MY PASSION AND GREAT ENJOYMENT FOR ARCHITECTURE,

-EERO SAARINEN

AND THE REASON THE OLDER I GET THE MORE I ENJOY IT, IS
BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE ARCHITECTS CAN EFFECT THE

NOTHING IS AS DANGEROUS IN ARCHITECTURE AS DEALING

QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE.

WITH SEPARATED PROBLEMS. IF WE SPLIT LIFE INTO

-RICHARD ROGERS

SEPARATED PROBLEMS WE SPLIT THE POSSIBILITIES TO MAKE

GOOD BUILDING ART.

I THINK MY BEST SKILL AS AN ARCHITECT IS THE

-ALVAR AALTO

ACHIEVEMENT OF HAND-TO-EYE COORDINATION. I AM ABLE TO

TRANSFER A SKETCH INTO A MODEL INTO THE BUILDING.

ARCHITECTURE HAS RECORDED THE GREAT IDEAS OF THE

-FRANK GEHRY

HUMAN RACE. NOT ONLY EVERY RELIGIOUS SYMBOL, BUT

EVERY HUMAN THOUGHT HAS ITS PAGE IN THAT VAST BOOK.

ARCHITECTURE SHOULD SPEAK OF ITS TIME AND PLACE, BUT

-VICTOR HUGO

YEARN FOR TIMELESSNESS.

-FRANK GEHRY

ARCHITECTURE IS A ART WHEN ONE CONSCIOUSLY OR

UNCONSCIOUSLY CREATES AESTHETIC EMOTION IN THE

IN ANY ARCHITECTURE, THERE IS AN EQUITY BETWEEN THE

ATMOSPHERE AND WHEN THIS ENVIRONMENT PRODUCES

PRAGMATIC FUNCTION AND THE SYMBOLIC FUNCTION.

WELL BEING.

-MICHAEL GRAVES

-LUIS BARRAGAN

ESCAPE FROM THE ARCHITECTURE GHETTO IS ONE OF THE

IT IS ESSENTIAL TO AN ARCHITECT TO KNOW HOW TO SEE: I

MAJOR DRIVERS AND HAS BEEN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

MEAN, TO SEE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE VISION IS NOT

-REM KOOLHAAS

OVERPOWERED BY RATIONAL ANALYSIS.

-LUIS BARRAGAN

NOT MANY ARCHITECTS HAVE THE LUXURY TO REJECT

SIGNIFICANT THINGS.

DOES IT FOLLOW THAT THE HOUSE HAS NOTHING IN

-REM KOOLHAAS

COMMON WITH ART AND IS ARCHITECTURE NOT TO BE

INCLUDED IN THE ARTS? ONLY A VERY SMALL PART OF

PEOPLE CAN INHABIT ANYTHING. AND THEY CAN BE

ARCHITECTURE BELONGS TO ART: THE TOMB AND THE

MISERABLE IN ANYTHING AND ECSTATIC IN ANYTHING. MORE

MONUMENT. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT FULFILS A FUNCTION IS

AND MORE I THINK THAT ARCHITECTURE HAS NOTHING TO DO

TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE DOMAIN OF ART.

WITH IT. OF COURSE, THATS BOTH LIBERATING AND

-ADOLF LOOS

ALARMING.
-REM KOOLHAAS

ARCHITECTURE AROUSES SENTIMENTS IN MAN. THE

ARCHITECTS TASK THEREFORE, IS TO MAKE THOSE

ANY ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT WE DO TAKES AT LEAST FOUR

SENTIMENTS MORE PRECISE.

OR FIVE YEARS, SO INCREASINGLY THERE IS A DISCREPANCY

-ADOLF LOOS

BETWEEN THE ACCELERATION OF CULTURE AND THE

CONTINUING SLOWNESS OF ARCHITECTURE.

EACH NEW SITUATION REQUIRES A NEW ARCHITECTURE.

-REM KOOLHAAS

-JEAN NOUVEL

ALWAYS DESIGN A THING BY CONSIDERING IT IN ITS NEXT

TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ARCHITECTURE IS NOT TO PARODY

LARGER CONTEXT A CHAIR IN A ROOM, A ROOM IN A HOUSE,

HISTORY BUT TO ARTICULATE IT.

A HOUSE IN AN ENVIRONMENT, AN ENVIRONMENT IN A CITY

-DANIEL LIBESKIND

PLAN.
-ELIEL SAARINEN

IT IS INSUFFICIENT FOR ARCHITECTURE TODAY TO DIRECTLY

IMPLEMENT AN EXISTING BUILDING TYPOLOGY; IT INSTEAD

ARCHITECTURAL-FORM EQUALS SOCIAL-FORM.

REQUIRES ARCHITECTS TO CAREFULLY EXAMINE THE WHOLE

-ELIEL SAARINEN

AREA WITH NEW INTERVENTIONS AND PROGRAMMATIC

TYPOLOGIES.
-ZAHA HADID