And exciting buildings are fine periodically.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I love buildings that aren't purpose-built.
Exciting cities stay exciting, and boring cities stay boring.
I believe buildings are alive, and when you want to make a change, you have to change in the same symphony.
Modern buildings of our time are so huge that one must group them. Often the space between these buildings is as important as the buildings themselves.
You can't have the finest buildings if they're not in focus. They become like nice cars parked on the street.
We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.
And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.
There are so many constraints on the architect that public buildings almost never feel free or enjoyable.
We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.
Building design isn't trendy.