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The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of
the corner.
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of
the corner.
Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.
Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.
There will never be great architects or great architecture
without great patrons.
There will never be great architects or great architecture
without great patrons.
The hand that rounded Peter's dome
And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,
Wrought in a sad read more
The hand that rounded Peter's dome
And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,
Wrought in a sad sincerity;
Himself from God he could not free;
He builded better than he knew;
The conscious stone to beauty grew.
I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.
I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.
Rich windows that exclude the light,
And passages that lead to nothing.
Rich windows that exclude the light,
And passages that lead to nothing.
Nor did there want
Cornice or frieze with bossy sculpture graven.
Nor did there want
Cornice or frieze with bossy sculpture graven.
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul
Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul