Quotes About Architecture

the palace.

This morning, as Langdon raised his eyes skyward to the famed red-tiled dome that had been an architectural feat of its era, he recalled the time he had foolishly decided to ascend the dome only to discover that its narrow, tourist-crammed staircases were as distressing as any of the claustrophobic spaces he'd ever encountered.

Then, without warning, the tunnel ended. The cumbrous door blocking their way was a thick wall of riveted iron. Even by the last flickers of his torch, Langdon could see that the portal was perfectly smooth—no handles, no knobs, no keyholes, no hinges. No entry. He felt a surge of panic. In architect-speak, this rare kind of door was called a senza chiave—a one-way portal, used for security, and only operable from one side—the other side.

Todas las referencias a obras de arte, tumbas, túneles y elementos arquitectónicos de Roma son completamente reales, al igual que su emplazamiento exacto. Hoy en día todavía pueden verse. La hermandad de los illuminati es también real.

There are no straight lines in nature, Gaudi was once quoted as saying, and indeed, there were very few straight lines seen his work either.

La Chiesa di Santa Margherita

Our journey begins in Part One with new discoveries about the brain's emotional architecture that offer an explanation of those most baffling moments in our lives when feeling overwhelms all rationality. Understanding the interplay of brain structures that rule our moments of rage and fear—or passion and joy—reveals

Our journey begins in Part One with new discoveries about the brain's emotional architecture that offer an explanation of those most baffling moments in our lives when feeling overwhelms all rationality.

Why should architecture or objects of art in the machine age, just because they are made by machines, have to resemble machinery?

Our utilitarian structures will mature into architecture only when, through their fulfillment of function, they become carriers of the will of the age.

I had it drummed into me from an early age that personalizing everything was not a good thing. Besides, I don't think that kind of commodity-driven system makes for the most productive architecture.

spills, and the steel girders of the roof arched high overhead

Sometimes you are garrulous, Taita.' Pharaoh was less than captivated by my lecture on the palace architecture. 'Get on

And a church spire sketched on the sky, of sheet metal and open beams, to resemble a church spire

a crown for her head with castles upon it, skyscrapers filled with nut-chocolates

true home of a generation of completely uninhibited technophiles. She was talking about those odds and ends of "futuristic" Thirties and Forties architecture you pass daily in American cities without noticing;

Architectural photography can involve a lot of waiting; the building becomes a kind of sundial, while you wait for a shadow to crawl away from a detail you want, or for the mass and balance of the structure to reveal itself in a certain way.

Spire stood on spire in gleaming ziggurat steps that climbed to a central golden temple tower ringed with the crazy radiator flanges of the Mongo gas stations.

is a body grown in upon itself, a Gothic folly.

She was talking about those odds and ends of "futuristic" Thirties and Forties architecture you pass daily in American cities without noticing; the movie marquees ribbed to radiate some mysterious energy, the dime stores faced with fluted aluminum, the chrome-tube chairs gathering dust in the lobbies of transient hotels.

I turn away from him and step into the vastness of New Crobuzon, this towering edifice of architecture and history, this complexitude of money and slum, this profane steam-powered god. I turn and walk into the city my home, not bird or garuda, not miserable crossbreed. I turn and walk into my home, the city, a man.

New Crobuzon was a city unconvinced by gravity.

Houses built on bridges are scandals. A bridge wants to not be. If it could choose its shape, a bridge would be no shape

The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.