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Im often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had

Im often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. Thats impossible. And today nobody expects architects to have these grand visions any more. – Thom Mayne

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You might say that when you step inside, youre entering a honorific space, but thats something totally different than experiencing it. And in architecture the experience comes first. That has the deepest effect on us. – Thom Mayne

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But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour. – Thom Mayne

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The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value. – Thom Mayne

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The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present. – Adolf Loos

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Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. Its just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built. – Daniel Libeskind

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But after the time there Id had it with fashion again, so I left to go to architecture school in a summer course at Harvard, which didnt last very long. – Stephen Sprouse

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