The World Motivation
Our utilitarian structures will mature into architecture only when, through their fulfillment of function, they become carriers of the will of the age.
“Our utilitarian structures will mature into architecture only when, through their fulfillment of function, they become carriers of the will of the age.”
Our utilitarian structures will mature into architecture only when, through their fulfillment of function, they become carriers of the will of the age.
Behrens had a great sense of the great form. that was his main interest; and that I certainly understood and learned from him.
When one looks at Nature through the glass walls of the Farnsworth House, it takes on a deeper significance than when one stands outside. More of Nature is thus expressed - it becomes part of a greater whole.
The building art is, in reality, always the spatial execution of spiritual decisions. It is bound to its times and manifests itself only in addressing vital tasks with the means of its times. A knowledge of the times, its tasks, and its means is the necessary precondition of work in the building art.
Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great.
New Orleans is unlike any city in America. Its cultural diversity is woven into the food, the music, the architecture - even the local superstitions. It's a sensory experience on all levels and there's a story lurking around every corner.
When you found a company, you have the original vision, you make all the original decisions, you know every employee, you kind of know every aspect of the product architecture and its limitations.
French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community.