Arches Quote by Harry Seidler

The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed…

— Michael Armstrong

“Indeed, "brute force" solutions are often characteristic of advanced cultures, not primitive ones. The Romans and their predecessors spent a long time figuring out…

— Henry Spencer

“A plaque just outside remembers June 30, 1944. That night, Nazi forces were planning to blow up the arch to slow the Allied advance.…

— Rick Steves

The imperial vastness of late Roman architecture was made possible by the invention of concrete.

— Iain McGilchrist

“ Roman engineering The Romans accomplished amazing feats of engineering as they built roads, bridges, and aqueducts (bridges for water conduits) across their empire.…

— Marilyn Tolhurst

If an architect wants to strengthen a decrepit arch, he increases the load laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the idea of the…

— Rafael Moneo

The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.

— Stephen Gardiner

“In some strata of Greek and Roman society the engineer was actually denigrated, higher esteem being accorded to poets, playwrights and sculptors. According to…

— Stephanie Dalley

“Buttresses were one of the prime structural features of Gothic architecture: by accommodating the thrust of the vaults transferred to them from strategic points,…

— Ross King

The major concern ...was to create a monument which would have lasting significance and would be a landmark of our time... Neither an obelisk…

— Eero Saarinen

“of metal, if one combined a truss with an arch, if one built diagonal”

— Ayn Rand