Luis Barragan

Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all. Luis Barragan I don’t divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one. Luis Barragan A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy. Luis Barragan I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, [...]

Herbert Baker

When I thought about the calibre of people in the room I realized we might just have a credible candidate for Mayor who will would finally enforce the laws of the city. It was almost too good to be true. Herbert Baker

Daniel Burnham

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood. Daniel Burnham Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. Daniel Burnham

Tadao Ando

My hand is the extension of the thinking process – the creative process. Tadao Ando People tend not to use this word beauty because it’s not intellectual – but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect. Tadao Ando The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer [...]

Leon Battista Alberti

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things. Leon Battista Alberti Men can do all things if they will. Leon Battista Alberti A man can do all things if he but wills them. Leon Battista Alberti When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of [...]

Christopher Alexander

The structure of life I have described in buildings – the structure which I believe to be objective – is deeply and inextricably connected with the human person, and with the innermost nature of human feeling. Christopher Alexander We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not [...]

Alvar Aalto

Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less. Alvar Aalto We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to do with the other problems. Alvar Aalto Building art is a [...]