There are so many constraints on the architect that public buildings almost never feel free or enjoyable.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things.
There will never be great architects or architecture without great patrons.
Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.
It's most satisfying to have an effect on the public realm - deep down I think it's what every architect wants to do.
Architecture is not a profession for the faint-hearted, the weak-willed, or the short-lived.
The general public, formerly profoundly indifferent to everything to do with building, has been shaken out of its torpor; personal interest in architecture as something that concerns every one of us in our daily lives has been very widely aroused; and the broad line of its future development are already clearly discernible.
There is no sadder tale in the annals of architecture than the virtual disappearance of the defining architectural form of the Modern Movement - publicly sponsored housing.
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.
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.
Architects always have a feel for time - the generation they live in - as we do, and they are always striving toward boundless adventure.