Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.

Quote by Spiro Kostof

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The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to...

The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to...

Architects believe that not only do they sit at the right hand of God, but...

Architects believe that not only do they sit at the right hand of God, but...

Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music

Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building...

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is...

Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is...

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as...

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as...

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

Our architecture reflects truly as a mirror.

Our architecture reflects truly as a mirror.

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles,...

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles,...

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the...

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the...

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The...

In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The...

I think Ms. Monroe's architecture is extremely good architecture.

I think Ms. Monroe's architecture is extremely good architecture.

This building is like a book. Its architecture is the binding, its text is in...

This building is like a book. Its architecture is the binding, its text is in...