AR121 - Theory of Architecture

Flashcards based on lecture notes on architectural theory and famous architect quotes.

What is Frank Gehry's design philosophy?

Frank Gehry's approach to design involves avoiding predictability and pre-planning.

What does David Chipperfield say about architecture?

David Chipperfield emphasizes that the value of architecture is reflected in the time invested in it.

According to Frank Lloyd Wright, what is an idea?

Frank Lloyd Wright views an idea as salvation through imagination.

How does Leonardo da Vinci define simplicity?

Leonardo da Vinci defines simplicity as the ultimate sophistication.

What does Louis Kahn say about architecture?

Louis Kahn describes architecture as the reaching out for the truth.

What did Vitruvius say about a harmonious design?

Vitruvius believed a harmonious design should have nothing added or taken away.

How did Le Corbusier describe a house?

Le Corbusier described a house as a machine for living in.

How did Le Corbusier describe architecture?

Le Corbusier described architecture as the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

What did Le Corbusier emphasize about a new solution approach for architecture?

Le Corbusier emphasized a new solution approach incorporating economy, sociology and aesthetics.

How did Mies van der Rohe define architecture?

Mies van der Rohe viewed architecture as the will of an epoch translated into space.

What is Mies van der Rohe's famous saying?

Mies van der Rohe's famous saying is "Less is more."

How did Robert Venturi famously counter Mies van der Rohe?

Robert Venturi famously countered Mies van der Rohe's "Less is more" with "Less is a bore."

According to Phillip Johnson, what is architecture?

Phillip Johnson defined architecture as the art of how to waste space.

What is one of Louis Sullivan's most famous quotes?

Louis Sullivan's most famous quote is "Form follows function."

What did Frank Lloyd Wright view as the mother art?

Frank Lloyd Wright viewed the mother art as architecture.

According to Frank Lloyd Wright, what is space?

Frank Lloyd Wright sees space as the breath of art.

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.

According to Frank Lloyd Wright, what does organic architecture seek?

What did Winston Churchill say about buildings and people?

Winston Churchill stated, "We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."

According to Gustave Eiffel, what determines the essential lines of construction?

Gustave Eiffel believed that the essential lines of a construction should be determined by perfect appropriateness to its use.

What does Richard Meier say he believes in?

Richard Meier believes in architecture as the mother of the arts that connects the present with the past.

What does Renzo Piano say about a museum?

Renzo Piano describes a museum as a place where one should lose one's head.

How does Robert A.M. Stern describe the dialogue between client and architect?

Robert A.M. Stern describes the dialogue between client and architect as intimate as any conversation about dreams.

What does Norman Foster say about designing as an architect?

Norman Foster states as an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.

What was Walter Gropius' ultimate goal?

Walter Gropius' ultimate goal was the composite but inseparable work of art in which the old dividing line between monumental and decorative elements would have disappeared forever.

According to Walter Gropius where does architecture begin?

Walter Gropius says achitecture begins where engineering ends.

What does Frank Gehry believe architecture should speak of?

Frank Gehry believes architecture should speak of its time and place but yearn for timelessness.

What does Frank Gehry say about every building?

Every building is by nature a sculpture.

What does Oscar Niemeyer say about form?

Oscar Niemeyer says 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.

What does Tadao Ando says you must do with a place?

Tadao Ando emphasizes absorbing what you see around you and using that knowledge to interpret what you see for architecture.

What does Tadao Ando believe architecture should do?

Tadao Ando believes architecture should remain silent and let nature, in the guise of light and wind, speak.

What does Daniel Libeskind say architecture is based on?

Daniel Libeskind says that architecture is based on wonder.

What does R. Buckminster Fuller say the solution should be?

R. Buckminster Fuller says that if the solution is not beautiful it's wrong.

What does Adolf Loos says about architecture?

Adolf Loos says architecture arouses sentiments in man and the architect’s task is to make those sentiments more specific.

According to Adolf Loos what regulates architectural form?

Supply and demand regulate architectural form.

What cannot be expected to last long according to Kenzo Tange?

Kenzo Tange says Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.

What does Zaha Hadid say architecture is about?

Zaha Hadid describes architecture as being about well-being.

What is the primary condition for design according to Charles Eames?

Charles Eames says Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.

What should we think when we build according to John Ruskin?

John Ruskin says When we build, let us think that we build forever.

What kind of architecture do we remember according to Peter Eisenman?

Peter Eisenman says The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us.

What is Peter Eisenman looking for?

I am looking for ways of conceptualizing space that will place the subject in a displaced relationship because they will have no iconographic reference to traditional forms of organization.

What is the drawn language according to Eero Saarinen?

Eero Saarinen says that the drawn language is a very revealing language: one can see in a few lines whether a man is really an architect.

How should you always design a thing according to Eliel Saarinen?

Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context

What did Lois Kahn say a building must begin with?

Louis Kahn says a great building must begin with the immeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed, and in the end must be unmeasured.

For Louis Kahn, what does design create?

Louis Kahn says, design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, and love.

What is the essential element in architecture for Paul Rudolph?

Paul Rudolph says The essential element in architecture is the manipulation of space.

What mix is architecture according to Rem Koolhaas?

Rem Koolhaas says Architecture is a dangerous mixture of power and impotence.

What did Antoni Gaudi believe about about ornamentation?

Antoni Gaudi believed that ornamentation has been, is, and will be polychrome.

What is Santiago Calatrava always searching for?

Santiago Calatrava says “I am always searching for more light and space."

What does Shigeru Ban say about materials and structures?

Shigeru Ban says that the strength of the structure has nothing to do with the strength of the material.

Where does the excitement in architecture revolve according to Steven Holl?

Steven Holl says For me, the excitement in architecture revolves around the idea and the phenomenon of the experience of that idea.

What does Jørn Utzon say about working with models?

Jørn Utzon talks about working with models as a design tool.

What does Daniel Burnham say about plans?

Daniel Burnham says "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work".

What is building art according to Alvar Aalto?

Alvar Aalto says Building art is a synthesis of life in materialized form.

Why does Richard Rogers enjoy achitecture?

Richard Rogers says My passion and great enjoyment for architecture is because I believe architects can affect the quality of life of the people.

According to Jean Nouvel what requires new architecture?

Each new situation requires new architecture.

According to Christopher Wren, what does architecture aim at?

Christopher Wren says, architecture aims at eternity.

According to Edwin Lutyens, what will never be without great patrons?

Edwin Lutyens says There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons.

What do architects have to do according to Toyo Ito?

Toyo Ito says Architects have made architecture too complex and says we need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.

Accoding to Michael Graves, what is there an equity between in architecture?

Michael Graves says In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.

What has two lifes according to Aldo Rossi?

Aldo Rossi says a project has one life in its built state but another in its written or drawn state.

According to Minoru Yamasaki, what is the purpose of architecture?

Minoru Yamasaki says The purpose of architecture is to create an atmosphere in which man can live, work, and enjoy.

According to Julia Morgan, what speaks for themselves?

Julia Morgan says architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.

What does Arthur Erickson say eliminates the very source of architectural expression?

Arthur Erickson says Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

What is architecture the design of according to Bruce John Graham?

Bruce John Graham says Architecture is the design of space, both interior and exterior.

What is architecture not for John Portman?

John Portman says Architecture is not a private affair.

According to Harold Wagoner, what is the great thing about being an architect?

The great thing about being an architect is you can walk into your dreams.

What does Luis Barragan describe architecture as?

Luis Barragan describes architecture as an art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well-being.

What is art when a building becomes architecture?

Arne Jacobsen states If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.

According to Alvaro Siza, what is tradition?

Tradition is a challenge to innovation.

What is more than a profession for Odile Decq?

Odile Decq says Architecture is much more than a profession; It's a discipline.

What isn't just about creating new buildings according to John Pawson?

John Pawson says Architecture isn't just about creating new buildings, sometimes it's about retuning what's already there.

According to August Perret, what is living architecture?

August Perret says Living architecture is that which faithfully expresses its time.