Building Art

Milton Wexler had helped him understand that it was into his work that he needed to pour his turmoil and creative energy, and that his architecture was ultimately the most satisfying outlet he would have for his angst.

tended to be influenced by living artists more than dead ones, because “they are working on the same issues I am,”

transcend conflict and through his architecture bring different forces into accord.

To redesign the environment we really have to redesign our whole value system—question the sacred cows—and ask ourselves what we really want, what has priority.

It was a transformational experience, and he remembered wondering how an artist could create something that would affect him so deeply.

an ode to the joy of architecture.

appeared to be attacking the old house by surrounding it with alien forms and materials,

Technology for Frank was not a route to standardization but a way of making a unique, ornate object that would be affordable to produce.

the goal of encouraging the same kind of emotional engagement with architecture and design that people expect to have with art.