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Architectural Critic

Ada Louise Huxtable was an influential American architectural critic, born on March 14, 1921, in New York. Her career began in the 1950s, and she was the first critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for her work. Huxtable was known for her sharp observations and profound analyses, which had a significant impact on the architecture and urban planning industries.

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“If the British are a nation of shopkeepers, Americans are a nation of shoppers.”

Ifs Nations United States British Shopping Shoppers Shopkeepers

Author:Ada Louise Huxtable

“Real serious waiting is done in waiting rooms, and what they all have in common is their purpose, or purposelessness, if you will; they are places for doing nothing and they have no life of their own. ... their one constant is what might be called a decorative rigor mortis.”

Ifs Real Done Might Purpose Waiting Rooms Common Serious Constant Doing Nothing Rigor Waiting Rooms Purposelessness Rigor Mortis

Book:ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?

Source: ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?

“Waiting is a large part of living. Great, passive, negative chunks of our time are consumed by waiting, from birth to death. Waiting is a special kind of activity - if activity is the right word for it - because we are held in enforced suspension between people and places, removed from the normal rhythms of our days and lives.”

People Ifs Kind Waiting Special Birth Activity Normal Negative Rhythm Our Time Passive Consumed Chunks Right Words Suspension

Book:ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?

Source: ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?

“An excellent job with a dubious undertaking, which is like saying it would be great if it wasn't awful.”

Ifs Would Be Jobs Awful Excellent Undertakings Brilliant Ideas Dubious

Author:Ada Louise Huxtable

About the Author

Born: March 14, 1921
Died: January 7, 2013
Known for: Architectural Critic
Quotes: 44

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On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of ChangeRelated source material

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The tall building artistically reconsidered: the search for a skyscraper styleRelated source material

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