Art Nouveau got its inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus got its inspiration from engineering.
The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists.
I'm really a fighter against modernism equaling brutalism.
I don't think of the New Urbanism as an economic or political train wreck. I think of it as one of these great generational upheavals that's coming.
One of the stated goals of the postmodern movement in architecture was a greater sensitivity to the people who live in or use newly designed buildings.
Modernism in architecture went hand in hand with socialist and fascist projects to rid old Europe of its hierarchical past
In the past, young, talented architects worked together to form a strong social agenda and communicate with a larger audience. That's what today's architecture community should be.
There is a backlash against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling.
So here I stand before you preaching organic architecture: declaring organic architecture to be the modern ideal.
