Famous Dictums

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FAMOUS DICTUMS/PHILOSOPHIES/SAYINGS “Form follows function” - Louis Sullivan “Form does not necessarily follow function” -Antonio Gaudi “Art and Architecture, the new unity” - Walter Gropius “A house is a house” - Louis Kahn “Cube within a cube” - Le Corbusier “A bridge is like a house” - Robert Maillart

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Famous dictums in architecture

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FAMOUS DICTUMS/PHILOSOPHIES/SAYINGS

FAMOUS DICTUMS/PHILOSOPHIES/SAYINGS

Form follows function- Louis Sullivan

Form does not necessarily follow function-Antonio Gaudi

Art and Architecture, the new unity- Walter Gropius

A house is a house- Louis Kahn

Cube within a cube- Le Corbusier

A bridge is like a house- Robert Maillart

Less is more- Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe

Function influence but does not dictate form- Ecro Saarinen

Modern architecture need not to be Western- Kenzo Tange

Archtiecture must meet 3 requirements: strength, beauty, and unity- Marcus Vitruvius Pocio