Showing posts with label Architect Words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Architect Words. Show all posts

11.03.2007

Kisho Kurokawa - World of Image









When I see a sketch by an Italian Futurist Architect or a sketch by Louis Kahn, who is my favorite architect, I feel strong impressions expressed there for the World of Image. The reason I get these strong impressions are because there are messages, like a human touch, hidden behind the sketches - the essential difference from construction drawings. Even if the theme is about architecture, architects’ sketches have the same quality with the World of Image as paintings have"

10.23.2007

Kenzo Tange - Logical Feeling




















"...architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. Nevertheless, the basic forms, spaces, and appearances must be logical. Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long." – Kenzo Tange, Pritzker Prize acceptance address, 1987