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Building Quotes by Martin Filler
- High among the unpredictable variables that endanger the survival of worthy buildings are the vagaries of taste.
- There can be little question that the tall building presents one of the most difficult challenges to the architect.
- A turning point in the public's perception of the building art came with the publication of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'An Autobiography' of 1932, a picaresque…
- All architecture, classical or not, must have some sense of order, and order is much harder to achieve without the straight lines and right angles…
- Cost overruns are not uncommon in architecture, particularly for designs that depart from structural or technological norms, or demand a finer quality of execution than…
- Despite the persistent image of the architect as a heroic loner erecting monumental edifices through sheer force of will, the building art has always been…
- During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment of polytechnic schools that concentrated…
- 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…
- One of the most persistent yet elusive dreams of the Modern Movement in architecture has been prefabrication: industrially made structures that can be assembled at…
- One of the stated goals of the postmodern movement in architecture was a greater sensitivity to the people who live in or use newly designed…
- The financial benefits of prefabrication have never been as large as its advocates predicted, for although some labor costs can be reduced by machine manufacturing,…
- The magnificent lobby of the Chrysler Building - faced with rare marbles, aglitter with decorative metalwork, and surmounted by a ceiling painted with a totemic…
- The skyscraper style first advocated by Louis Sullivan - a tower of strongly vertical character with clear definitions among base, shaft, and crown - has…
- The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's highlights whatever else…
- By 1970, the first stirrings of the revolt against Modernist orthodoxy in architecture had been felt, although it would be several years more until Postmodernism…
- The Frankfurt Museum of Decorative Arts is a handsome building, which takes its cues from the riverside Biedermeier villa next to it, and it is…
- The tall building, concentrating man in one place more densely than ever before, similarly concentrates the dilemma of our public architecture at the end of…
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- I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters… — Dan Aykroyd
- The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based… — Mahmoud Abbas
- The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. — Dave Barry
- It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for… — Cecilia Bartoli
- A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward… — Pope Benedict XVI
- The Beliebers have done some pretty crazy stuff. Last week, the night before I was due to do a show in Germany,… — Justin Bieber
- In a building with apartments, of course, you want to make connections. Life is easier that way. There's salt if you don't… — Juliette Binoche
- Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a… — Alvar Aalto
- On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of first responders heroically rushed to the scene and saved tens of thousands of lives. More than… — Michael Bloomberg
- You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those… — Michael Bloomberg
- On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in… — Nellie Bly