The Definition of Architecture

  1. Christopher Tunnard “To plant is but a part of landscape composition; to co‑ordinate is all.” Meaning that planting must be integrated cohesively into a larger spatial composition 2. Dan Kiley “Man is nature, just like the trees.”  3. James Corner “Landscape architecture is basically about the planning and design of space under the sky.” A landscape "lingers in your memories… the deeper part of landscape is something personally experienced, almost subconsciously." Landscape design is a process unfolding in space–time.   4. Garrett Eckbo “The function of landscape design is more than the direct design of outdoor space arrangements. In the larger sense it is the continuous establishment of relations between man and the land, tying in those hills and valleys and broad panoramas which are beyond design, through designed elements which establish a scale relation between each individual human and the large landscape, placing them so that that individual gets a maximum exp...

  *. Marco Frascari “Architecture is the art of constructing meaningful places through construction details that 'tell a story.'” - From "The Tell-the-Tale Detail" (1984) 1. Le Corbusier “Architecture is the learned game, correct & magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.” Blue Turtle Consulting Architecture Quote 2. Louis Sullivan “Form ever follows function.” Blue Turtle Consulting Love Chic Living 3. Frank Gehry “Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” BIMsmith Blog 4. Antoni Gaudí “There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.” BIMsmith Blog 5. Charles Correa “Certainly architecture is concerned with much more than just its physical attributes. ... Beneath and beyond … function and structure … lie the deepest and most compulsive layers of all.” RTF | Rethinking The Future 6. Paul Rudolph “Architecture is not a question of the purely the...