“Buildings are seldom just buildings in downtown Chicago, they are Examples, and not a city on Earth, I swear, is as knowledgeably preoccupied with architectural meaning. Where else would a department store include in its advertisements the name of the architect who created it, or a newspaper property section throw in a scholarly exposition of theoretical design?” EarthNamesCitiesExampleDesignBuildingPropertyStoresArchitectureNewspapersDepartmentChicagoArchitectSwearSectionsTheoreticalAdvertisementsDowntownScholarlyDepartment StoresDowntown Chicago Book:Locations Source: Locations
“Buffalo is one of America's great designed cities. The interweaving of great architecture, landscape architecture and important historic sites makes Buffalo a must see destination for preservationists, designers, history buffs, and anyone wishing to see an inspiring example of American design.” ImportantAmericaWishCitiesExampleDesignArchitectureLandscapeDesignerDestinationSiteHistoricBuffaloLandscape Architecture Author:Richard Moe
“In a script, you have to link various episodes together, you have to generate suspense and you have to assemble things - through editing, for example. It's exactly the same in architecture. Architects also put together spatial episodes to make sequences.” TogetherExampleScriptsVariousArchitectureSuspenseLinksArchitectEpisodesEditingSequenceSpatial Author:Rem Koolhaas
“At the beginning, I thought the best Islamic work was in Spain - the mosque in Cordoba, the Alhambra in Granada. But as I learned more, my ideas shifted. I traveled to Egypt, and to the Middle East many times.I found the most wonderful examples of Islamic work in Cairo, it turns out. I'd visited mosques there before, but I didn't see them with the same eye as I did this time. They truly said something to me about Islamic architecture.” SaidIdeasEyeTurnsFoundWonderfulMiddleExampleEastArchitectureIslamicMiddle EastTraveledEgyptSpainMosquesCairoGranada Author:I. M. Pei
“Are not the worst examples of architecture to be found in private enterprise in cheap jerry-built homes?” HomeFoundWorstExampleBuiltArchitectureEnterpriseHousingJerryPrivate Enterprise Author:Hugh Dalton
“There are a range of women not represented in the Western fairy tale tradition. Husband-beaters are particularly interesting, as well as male pederasts. Children are often told in The Arabian Nights, "This man likes to abduct boys, be careful of him." These issues are explored through the medium of the stories, but actually the architecture of the book is such that there are many examples of women who are loyal, brave, devoted - especially to their lovers.” MenWellsChildrenBookStoriesNightInterestingBoysIssuesExampleLoversHusbandTraditionBraveWesternMalesCarefulArchitectureLikesTalesMediumsRangeFairyBe CarefulFairy TaleLoyalDevotedArabianArabian Nights Author:Marina Warner