Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art.

Quote by Alvar Aalto

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We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is...

We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is...

Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or...

Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or...

We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved...

We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved...

Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring...

Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring...

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...

An architect is the drawer of dreams

An architect is the drawer of dreams

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

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

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...

A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his client to...

A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his client to...

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...

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

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

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

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in...

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in...

A bicycle shed is a building; Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of architecture.

A bicycle shed is a building; Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of architecture.

Architecture is the work of nations

Architecture is the work of nations

Our architecture reflects truly as a mirror.

Our architecture reflects truly as a mirror.

Buildings don't exist to be pinned, like brooches, on the front of bigger structures to...

Buildings don't exist to be pinned, like brooches, on the front of bigger structures to...

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

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...