“I've always been interested in the idea of the artificial landscape. Reforming the landscape. Architecture being a method of reforming the earth's surface.” IdeasEarthMethodSurfaceArchitectureLandscapeArtificialLandscape Architecture Author:Lebbeus Woods
“Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have been born out of the religion of Nature.” ChildrenHas BeensArtBornPaintingHighestMethodArchitectureSculptureBest WorkPoetry And Music Book:Ten Great Religions: A comparison of all religions. 1898, c1883 Source: Ten Great Religions: A comparison of all religions. 1898, c1883
“If you look at any leaf on any tree branch, it's similar to but not exactly a repetition of the previous branch. So the new science of complexity or showing how an architecture can be produced just as quickly, cheaply and efficiently by using computer production methods to get the slight variation, the self-similarity.” IfsLooksSelfTreeComputerMethodProductionsArchitectureComplexityBranchesRepetitionLeafsVariationSimilarityTree Branches Author:Charles Jencks
“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.” MeanUseLightDifficultLevelsTeachPlansSkyBuildingParticularTheoryMethodArchitectureFixedAcquireSquaresQuartersAssistanceCompassGeometryInvolvingReadinessSymmetryOpticsDifficult Questions Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“Experimental architecture by its very nature is more prone to the depredations of time and natural elements than buildings made from conventional materials through traditional methods. Avant-garde architects often simply do not know how the products of their imagination will perform when implemented, especially if untested components are involved.” IfsKnowsMadeImaginationNaturalKnow HowBuildingMaterialsProductsInvolvedElementsMethodArchitectureTraditionalArchitectConventionalComponentsAvant GardeNatural Elements Author:Martin Filler
“Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at least the geometric pattern of things, of life, of the human and social world. It is at best that magic framework of reality that we sometimes touch upon when we use the word order.” MenWorldHumansSometimesUseRealityEarthOrderSocialImaginationMagicMaterialsMethodPatternsPossessionArchitectureAssTriumphArchitectBad AssBadassFrameworkArchitecture And DesignHuman ImaginationGeometricArchitecture DesignArchitecture And Art Author:Frank Lloyd Wright