Weekend 347.0
“Faith in its actual working out has to go through spells of unsyllabled isolation. Never confound the trial of faith with the ordinary discipline of life, much that we call Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Quotes
Gruen on Eero Saarinen
“An illustration of how this desire for publicity can influence the architect’s work can be found in comparing two air terminal buildings designed by the same architect, the late, extremely Continue Reading →
Weekend 346.0 (Aloft from earth’s far boundaries)
(1) A quote from David Pryce-Jones: “For centuries, the character of Christian nations was formed and maintained by church architecture, stained glass, missals and poems like The Song of Roland, Continue Reading →
Weekend 345.0
(1) A quote from In Unfamiliar England by Thos D. Murphy: “There is not much left of the abbey. Henry VIII., with characteristic thrift, floated the stone down the river Continue Reading →
Weekend 344.0 (If I only had one helmet I would give it you)
“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” – J.R.R. Continue Reading →
Terrain Vague
“Whether it was ever Arcadian, or even faux-rural, is debatable. But it has obstinately survived, and is a candidate for that fashionable new category of landscape, ‘edge-land’. Victor Hugo in Continue Reading →
Weekend 343.1
(1) On September 13, You Can Ride the 7 Train to Hudson Yards (2) ÖBB Headquarters / INNOCAD Architecture (ArchDaily) (3) More quotes from The Heart of our Cities by Continue Reading →
Weekend 342.0
“A real city is full of life, with ever-changing moods and patterns: the morning mood, the bustling day, the softness of evening and the mysteries of night, the city on Continue Reading →
Weekend 336.0
“Genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains.” – Thomas Carlyle?
Weekend 335.0
“…the fate of two great nations seems to be determined by some god-damned things called LSTs and LCIs.” – Winston Churchill