I almost picked that quote to link to - philip johnson is quite a character. He likes to excite, and I believe that might be an understatement.
Special powers is one way to think about it (and more and more architects are reaching superstar standing). Architects, like visual artists, in some cases like to talk about their work with emotional attribution. You walk into a bright window-lined room you feel differently than when you walk into a dark red book-lined room. Architects are the builders, the interpreters. When we walk into a space they hope to manipulate our experience (obviously there are extremes).
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Special powers is one way to think about it (and more and more architects are reaching superstar standing). Architects, like visual artists, in some cases like to talk about their work with emotional attribution. You walk into a bright window-lined room you feel differently than when you walk into a dark red book-lined room. Architects are the builders, the interpreters. When we walk into a space they hope to manipulate our experience (obviously there are extremes).
- selma 4-12-2004 9:06 pm