Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all.
From Harry Seidler
The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.
After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration.
Good design doesn't date.
The form language used by the ancient Egyptians in their structures is minimal.
Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak periods in western civilisation.
At the age of 80, I'm becoming a visual artist. This could be my rebirth.
From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if mostly translated into the locally available material in abundance: timber.
Fifty years ago people were talking about Sydney's sprawl, but nobody does anything about it.
Japan's humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are resistant to earth tremors.
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