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Frank almost never started a design with a predetermined shape. He liked to begin by “playing”—a word he used far more often than “working” when he talked about how he went about designing things—with wooden blocks of different sizes, each representing a portion of a building’s functional program. He would then stack or array the blocks in what he
... See morePaul Goldberger • Building Art
He wanted to see himself more as an architect who designed buildings for everyone and was appreciated by everyone.
Paul Goldberger • Building Art
He believed that an architect needed to bring to a project something that the client could not have imagined himself.
Paul Goldberger • Building Art
To design the building, the developer hires an architect, who will lead the design effort and manage the design team (which includes specialties like structural engineers, mechanical engineers, and so on). The architect is the developer’s agent, and is duty-bound by professional ethics to act in their interest.
Which is not to say that the architect... See more
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Brian Potter • Why Skyscrapers Became Glass Boxes
Meredith Clausen similarly describes the Roth’s in her history of the Pan Am building:
A large measure of the firm’s success was due, as Richard Roth was later bluntly to explain in his essay, “High-Rise Down to Earth,” to their aim “not to create masterpieces” but to provide buildings that worked efficiently and economically for their clients:... See more
Brian Potter • Why Skyscrapers Became Glass Boxes
Similarly, famous modern architect Philip Johnson designed Pennzoil Place, which won many accolades for its design (it was described as the “Building of the Decade” by architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable), but its design was ultimately the result of feedback from developer Gerald Hines and Pennzoil chairman Hugh Liedtke1. From Raising the Bar ,... See more