“Construction is the art of making a meaningful whole out of many parts. Buildings are witnesses to the human ability to construct concrete things. I believe that the real core of all architectural work lies […]
“Do not always walk on the bridge; there is also a world under the bridge! Try different worlds; discover different worlds! Do something different!” ~ Mehmet Murat ildan
“The space within becomes the reality of the building.” ~ Frank Lloyd Wright And when the space within is abandoned and unloved that becomes the reality of the whole building. This was, as you can […]
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ~ Ursula K. Le Guin Here I am again, another year completed. If you don’t […]
“Forerun thy peers, thy time, and let Thy feet, millenniums hence, be set In midst of knowledge, dream’d not yet.“Thou hast not gain’d a real height, Nor art thou nearer to the light, Because the […]
“There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.” ~ Antoni Gaudi Sadly having all our buildings this way would just not be practical […]
“I really love this city. It’s so very beautiful. It’s so multidimensional.” ~ Umair Naeem Ahhh London. I don’t know if this quote is about London but it doesn’t matter. It sums it up perfectly. […]
“The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete in the urban compound.” ~ Marshall McLuhanI found this car, along with a whole load of others, all parked […]
“There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers’ battle with the heavens that cover them.” ~ Federico Garcia Lorca This is the Shard. It is 95 storeys high and towers 309.6 metres up […]
“There’s nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.” ~ Vivienne Westwood I suspect this might be true of a few major cities in the world that are steeped in culture, history and iconic views […]
