I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm particularly interested in the public role that all buildings play. I believe that we architects should try to go beyond our basic obligations to the public, and our opportunities to do so are many.
Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.
I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.
Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.
Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.
The first thing that an architect must do is to sense that every building you build is a world of its own, and that this world of its own serves an institution.
Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect's job to service everyday life.
It's important for people who criticise architects - whether what they build is or isn't to your taste - to appreciate how they devote themselves and put everything into bringing a building into existence.
I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.
I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting a window where people would really like one. Making sure a shaving mirror in a hotel bathroom is at the right angle. Making bureaucratic buildings that are somehow cheerful.