We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to do with the other problems.

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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...

Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life...

Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life...

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...

Architecture begins where engineering ends.

Architecture begins where engineering ends.

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.

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...

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

The architectural profession gave the public 50 years of modern architecture and the public's response...

The architectural profession gave the public 50 years of modern architecture and the public's response...

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...

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture....

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture....

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

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

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

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

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...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Architecture aims at Eternity.

Architecture aims at Eternity.

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...

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul...

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul...