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“It is very difficult to build contemporary architecture in Italy”

Difficult Architecture Contemporary

Author:Fabio Novembre

“Good architecture is still the difficult, conscientious, creative, expressive planning for that elusive synthesis that is a near-contradiction in terms: efficiency and beauty.”

Stills Difficult Term Creative Architecture Planning Contradiction Efficiency Elusive Expressive Synthesis

Book:On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change

Source: On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change

“Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.”

Difficult Tough Architecture

Author:Zaha Hadid

“Geometry is of much assistance in architecture, and in particular it teaches us the use of the rule and compasses, by which especially we acquire readiness in making plans for buildings in their grounds, and rightly apply the square, the level, and the plummet. By means of optics the light in buildings can be drawn from fixed quarters of the sky. Difficult questions involving symmetry are solved by means of geometrical theories and methods.”

“Falsehood is difficult to be maintained. When the materials of a building are solid blocks of stone, very rude architecture will suffice; but a structure of rotten materials needs the most careful adjustment to make it stand at all.”

Needs Difficult Building Materials Stones Structure Careful Architecture Block Falsehood Rude Rotten Adjustment

Book:Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley

Source: Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley