“By 1970, the first stirrings of the revolt against Modernist orthodoxy in architecture had been felt, although it would be several years more until Postmodernism was widely accepted and made classical motifs permissible in high-style building design for the first time in decades.” YearsFirstsMadeWould BeFeltStyleDesignBuildingFirst TimeDecadesArchitectureAcceptedOrthodoxyRevoltStirringPostmodernismMotifs Author:Martin Filler
“Nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century exponents of prefabrication were certain it would supplant age-old traditions of individualized design and handcrafted construction. The building art would be revolutionized by freeing designers and construction workers from repetitive tasks, and democratized by making high-style architecture more affordable.” ArtWould BeAgeCertainCenturyStyleDesignBuildingTraditionTasksWorkersArchitectureDesignerConstructionTwentieth CenturyAffordableRepetitiveExponentsConstruction WorkersOld TraditionsHandcrafted Author:Martin Filler
“Snohetta promotes a more democratic workplace atmosphere than most other architectural offices. This may merely reflect prevalent employment practices in Scandinavia, but Snohetta places a stronger emphasis on group participation in the design process than typical high-style firms.” MayProcessPracticeGroupsStyleDesignOfficeStrongerDemocraticEmploymentAtmosphereFirmTypicalParticipationWorkplaceEmphasisScandinaviaDesign Process 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
“Considering my specialization in architecture, I'm not surprised that the first graphic novel to thoroughly engage, not to say captivate, me is Chip Kidd and Dave Taylor's 'Batman: Death by Design.'” FirstsNovelDesignArchitectureConsideringChipsGraphicDaveGraphic NovelsSpecialization 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
“Few developments central to the history of art have been so misrepresented or misunderstood as the brief, brave, glorious, doomed life of the Bauhaus - the epochally influential German art, architecture, crafts, and design school that was founded in Goethe's sleepy hometown of Weimar in 1919.” Has BeensArtSchoolDesignDevelopmentBraveArchitectureCraftsGloriousDoomedMisunderstoodInfluentialHometownSleepy Author:Martin Filler
“From the outset, MoMA followed the Bauhaus's strict prohibition against design that even hinted at the decorative, a prejudice that skewed the pioneering museum's view of Modernism for decades.” ViewsDesignPrejudiceDecadesMuseumsStrictModernismProhibitionPioneering Author:Martin Filler
“The danger for any artist whose work is both recognizable and critically acclaimed is complacent repetition - the temptation to churn out easily identifiable, eagerly welcomed, and readily salable designs.” ArtistDangerDesignTemptationRepetitionComplacent Author:Martin Filler
