“New Orleans is unlike any city in America. Its cultural diversity is woven into the food, the music, the architecture - even the local superstitions. It's a sensory experience on all levels and there's a story lurking around every corner.” StoriesAmericaLevelsCitiesDiversityCornersArchitectureLocalsSuperstitionsNew OrleansWovenSensoryLurkingCultural Diversity Author:Ruta Sepetys
“Quebec City is the most European of any city in North America, they speak French all the time. There is a part of town called Old Quebec which is really like being in France. The architecture is just gorgeous, food, shopping. I'd say Quebec city is the most beautiful city in North America I've seen.” AmericaBeautifulSpeakCitiesTownsArchitectureFranceShoppingGorgeousNorth AmericaQuebecBeautiful CitySpeaks French Author:Sebastian Bach
“Now, of course, architecture is a blind spot of our life in America today. How many millions of students go to the university to be educated? They come away conditioned, not enlightened, and they know nothing of architecture, although they have a department somewhere around -- probably in the basement.” KnowsTodayAmericaCoursesMillionsOur LivesStudentsBlindUniversityArchitectureEducatedSpotsDepartmentEnlightenedBasementsAmerica TodayBlind Spots Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“A civilization is only a way of life. A culture is the way of making that way of life beautiful. So culture is your office here in America, and as no stream can rise higher than its source, so you can give no more or better to architecture than you are. So why not go to work on yourselves, to make yourselves, in quality, what you would have your buildings be?” WayGivingWisdomAmericaBeautifulCulturePoliticsQualityEconomyBuildingSourceHigherCivilizationOfficeArchitectureStreamsLiberalismWhy NotBeautiful Life Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“Negro music has touched America because it is the melody of the soul joined with the rhythm of the machine. It is in two part time; tears in the heart; movement of the legs, torso arms and head. The music of the era of construction; innovating. It floods the body and heart; it floods the USA and its floods the world. The jazz is more advanced than the architecture. If architecture were at the point reached by jazz, it would be an incredible spectacle.” IfsWorldHeartTwoSoulBodyWould BeAmericaMovementTearsArmsMachinesJazzIncrediblesLegsArchitectureRhythmErasUsaTouchedMelodyConstructionFloodPart TimeTorso Author:Le Corbusier