“Modernist architecture and town planning is inimical to human beings ... based on the Darwinian concept that evolution is open ended, that there must always be something new and better.” HumansHuman BeingsEvolutionConceptsTownsArchitecturePlanningSomething New Author:Leon Krier
“Drill and uniforms impose an architecture on the crowd. An army's beautiful. But that's not all; it panders to lower instincts than the aesthetic. The spectacle of human beings reduced to automatism satisfies the lust for power. Looking at mechanized slaves, one fancies oneself a master.” HumansBeautifulHuman BeingsPowerMastersArmySlaveInstinctOneselfCrowdsArchitectureLustFancyAestheticUniformsDrillsLust For Power Book:The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Point counter point Source: The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Point counter point
“I think buildings should imitate ecological systems. Ecological systems in nature before we had human beings you know interfere with them exist in a state of stasis - they are self-supporting, self-sustaining.” ThinkingShouldHumansSelfStatesNatureHuman BeingsExistenceSupportBuildingArchitectureInterfereEcologyEcologicalEcosystemsSustainingStasis Author:Ken Yeang
“No building was safe from the furniture, the pictures, the human beings that it would presently contain.” HumansHuman BeingsBuildingSafeArchitectureFurniture Book:A Burnt-Out Case Source: A Burnt-Out Case
“I feel very strongly that history is about everything. It isn't just about politics or the military or social issues. If art, music, engineering, science, medicine, finance, the world of architecture and technology - if those are left out, then you're not getting a full sense of the human condition. History is human and we human beings are involved in all kinds of things and that's part of our humanity.” IfsWorldFeelsHumansKindArtHumanityLeftSocialHuman BeingsTechnologyIssuesConditionsMilitaryInvolvedMedicineArchitectureAll KindsFinanceVery StrongHuman ConditionEngineeringSocial IssuesLeft OutArt Music Author:David McCullough