“My heart has been resuscitated as a result of becoming a mom.” HeartHas BeensResultsMomBecomingMy HeartBecoming A Mom Author:Emm Gryner
“Most architects work in studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and historical research were irrelevant.” IfsIdeasResearchCriticismHistoricalStudiosArchitectIrrelevantDivorcedAcademiaHistorical Research Author:David Chipperfield
“You don't restore 'The Last Supper' by filling in the missing bits - you preserve. You accept the material that has somehow survived.” LastsBitsAcceptingMissingMaterialsPreservesSurvivedFillingSupperFilling InLast Supper Author:David Chipperfield
“It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working. But we said, why can't we make a workplace where casual meetings are as important as working at your desk? Sometimes that's where your better creative work happens.” IfsSaidImportantSometimesHappensUsedCreativeMeetingsUsed To BeDesksWorkplaceCasualCreative Work Author:David Chipperfield
“I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting a window where people would really like one. Making sure a shaving mirror in a hotel bathroom is at the right angle. Making bureaucratic buildings that are somehow cheerful.” PeopleThinkingLittlesHelpingBuildingWindowMirrorsRaisesEverydayHotelArchitectAngleCheerfulBathroomShavingEveryday Living Author:David Chipperfield
“Often architects work too hard trying to make their buildings look different. It’s like we’re actors let loose on a stage, all speaking our parts at the same time in our own private languages without an audience.” TryingLooksDifferentHardActorsLanguageAudienceStageBuildingArchitect Author:David Chipperfield
“I spent more than ten years working on the Neues Museum. It was a wonderful experience, an example of real collaboration between architects, conservationists, curators, client, politicians, the media, and the public. Discussions, even when difficult, were always about ideas. Ideas matter to Germans. They're a reflective people. That's attractive.” PeopleYearsIdeasRealMatterDifficultWonderfulMediaExamplePoliticianTenDiscussionAttractiveMuseumsCollaborationArchitectClientsWonderful ExperienceCurator Author:David Chipperfield
“I think architecture, to be really intense and fulfilling, doesn't have to be large.” ThinkingArchitectureIntenseFulfilling Author:Steven Holl
“Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.” OpportunitySocialChallengesEnvironmentUniqueUniversityArchitectureCampusPrincetonOpportunities And ChallengesPrinceton University Author:Steven Holl
“But when I played Woodstock, I'll never forget that moment looking out over the hundreds of thousands of people, the sea of humanity, seeing all those people united in such a unique way. It just touched me in a way that I'll never forget.” PeopleWayMomentsHumanityForgetUnitedSeeingSeaUniqueTouchedThat MomentNever ForgetWoodstock Author:Edgar Winter