“The tall building, concentrating man in one place more densely than ever before, similarly concentrates the dilemma of our public architecture at the end of the twentieth century: whether the new forms made possible by technology are doomed by the low calculations of modern patrons and their architects.” MenMadeEndsFormTechnologyModernCenturyBuildingLowsArchitectureTallArchitectDoomedTwentieth CenturyDilemmaCalculationsConcentratingPatronTall Buildings Author:Martin Filler
“Any set of decisions about design is inevitably influenced by cultural prejudice, no matter how intent an architect might be to avoid it.” MatterMightDecisionDesignPrejudiceArchitect Author:Martin Filler
“There can be little question that the tall building presents one of the most difficult challenges to the architect.” LittlesDifficultChallengesBuildingTallArchitectDifficult ChallengesTall Buildings Author:Martin Filler
“A turning point in the public's perception of the building art came with the publication of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'An Autobiography' of 1932, a picaresque narrative that captivated many who hadn't the slightest inkling of what architects actually did.” ArtBuildingPerceptionNarrativeArchitectFrankAutobiographyPublicationTurning PointsCaptivatedPicaresque Author:Martin Filler
“Avant-garde architects have never been able to depend on the support of the establishment, since the customary patrons of this most conservative and slowly moving art form have historically been resistant to innovation and experiment.” ArtAbleMovingFormSupportDependsInnovationConservativeExperimentsArchitectEstablishmentPatronAvant Garde Book:Makers of Modern Architecture Source: Makers of Modern Architecture
“Before World War II, Modernist architects sometimes had to resort to custom fabrication or outright fakery to achieve the machine imagery advocated by the Bauhaus after its initial, Expressionist, phase. Stucco masqueraded as reinforced concrete; rivets were used for decoration.” WorldWarSometimesUsedAchieveMachinesWar Of The WorldsCustomsWorld War IiArchitectConcretePhasesResortsInitialsImageryDecorationFabrication Author:Martin Filler
“Cost overruns are not uncommon in architecture, particularly for designs that depart from structural or technological norms, or demand a finer quality of execution than commercial schemes - conditions typical of buildings for cultural institutions. Budgets are exceeded for many reasons, not all of them within an architect's control.” ReasonQualityConditionsDesignBuildingCostDemandInstitutionsArchitectureBudgetsArchitectExecutionSchemesTypicalTechnologicalNormUncommon Author:Martin Filler
“Despite the persistent image of the architect as a heroic loner erecting monumental edifices through sheer force of will, the building art has always been a highly cooperative enterprise.” ArtForceBuildingDespiteEnterpriseHeroicArchitectSheerPersistentLonerCooperativesEdificeForce Of Will Author:Martin Filler
“During the modern period, the vanguard architect has usually relied on small residential jobs both to supply a steady income and to serve as 'sketches' for ideas that are often later translated to the larger scale of public commissions.” IdeasJobsModernPeriodsScalesIncomeSteadyArchitectVanguard Book:El siglo americano: The American century Source: El siglo americano: The American century
“Experimental architecture by its very nature is more prone to the depredations of time and natural elements than buildings made from conventional materials through traditional methods. Avant-garde architects often simply do not know how the products of their imagination will perform when implemented, especially if untested components are involved.” IfsKnowsMadeImaginationNaturalKnow HowBuildingMaterialsProductsInvolvedElementsMethodArchitectureTraditionalArchitectConventionalComponentsAvant GardeNatural Elements Author:Martin Filler
“Winning the Pritzker assures a flood of work in one's seventies and eighties, jobs necessarily carried out by assistants as the demands of modern-day cultural stardom and the inevitable waning of physical capacities prevent many architects from attaining the transcendent final phase more easily achieved by artists in other mediums.” JobsArtistWinningModernDemandCapacityFinalsMediumsInevitableArchitectPhasesFloodSeventiesEightyAssistantsTranscendentStardomModern Day Author:Martin Filler
