Witold Rybczynski Quotes
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Television watching should more properly be called television staring; it engages eye and ear simultaneously in a relentless and persistent way and leaves no room for daydreaming. This is what makes watching such an inferior form of leisure
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While cities are distinguished by their architecture and physical appearance, Bell and de-Shalit make a compelling case that many major world cities--and their inhabitants--also express their own distinctive ethos or values. The Spirit of Cities takes the reader on a wide-ranging and lively personal journey.
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There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book.
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The most beautiful house in the world is the one that you build for yourself.
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Architecture is an applied art, founded not on theories but on practice.
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You could walk out of the house, but you always returned home.
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For where else, if not in the home, can we let our imagination wander?