“I am obsessed with architecture. It is true, I am restless, trying to find myself as an architect, and how best to contribute in this world filled with contradiction, disparity, and inequality, even passion and opportunity.” WorldTryingPassionOpportunityThis WorldFilledArchitectureObsessionInequalityObsessedContradictionArchitectRestlessDisparity Book:Frank O. Gehry: Selected Works : 1969 to Today Source: Frank O. Gehry: Selected Works : 1969 to Today
“In designing a house and gardens, it is happy when there is an opportunity of maintaining a subordination of parts; the house so luckily place as to exhibit a view of the whole design. I have sometimes thought that there was room for it to resemble a epic or dramatic poem.” SometimesWholeOpportunityHouseRoomsViewsDesignBuildingGardenArchitectureDramaticEpicMaintainingExhibitsSubordination Book:Essays on Men and Manners Source: Essays on Men and Manners
“Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.” OpportunitySocialChallengesEnvironmentUniqueUniversityArchitectureCampusPrincetonOpportunities And ChallengesPrinceton University Author:Steven Holl
“Besides numerous science courses, I had the opportunity to study philosophy, the history of architecture, economics, and Russian history in courses taught by extraordinarily knowledgeable professors.” PhilosophyCoursesOpportunityStudyTaughtEconomicsArchitectureProfessorsKnowledgeableRussian History Author:Stanley B. Prusiner
“Better use of space, improving the insulation, getting more daylight into the buildings, reducing the energy consumption of the air conditioning and heating systems, making sure that the internal air quality is good, that we have increased natural ventilation opportunities in the mid seasons. You know these are some of the things we can do.” KnowsUseOpportunityEnergyCan DoNaturalSpaceQualityAirBuildingSeasonsEnvironmentalArchitectureInternalsFriendlyConsumptionImprovingReducingConditioningDaylightHeatingAir ConditioningAir QualityInsulationEnvironmentally FriendlyEnergy ConsumptionVentilation Author:Ken Yeang
“Hong Kong is a nice playground for my street pieces as the architecture is very different from my home city. It's also a great opportunity to take place in a dynamic city of the global art scene.” ArtDifferentHomeOpportunityCitiesPiecesNiceStreetsSceneArchitecturePlaygroundsGreat OpportunityHong Kong Author:Invader