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  1. Culture defines architecture.
  2. "Don't fight forces, use them." - R. Buckminster Fuller
  3. “Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.” - Coco Chanel
  4. To be a master of design, one has to be first a master of the materials to be used.
  5. Earth tones are the colors of green architecture.
  6. “Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art” - Leonardo da Vinci
  7. Architecture without soul is like a beautiful woman without charm.
  8. Space delineation is not necessarily space manipulation.
  9. 11/11/11 11:11:11. There are just 11 thoughts about this. Either you get it or you don't or you don't care at all.
  10. "Don't fight forces, use them." - R. Buckminster Fuller
  11. "Architecture is inhabited sculpture." - Constantin Brancusi
  12. "All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable." - Frank Lloyd Wright
  13. Someone ought to manufacture the hanging cocoon-like beds of the Na'vis.
  14. "Good architecture lets nature in."- Mario Pei
  15. "I am an architect. I like to build." - Alex Wyler, The Lake House
  16. A city's major buildings determine its bearing; its residences, its character.
  17. One woman, 6 weeks, and 270,000 white LEGO bricks - http://thisiscolossal.com/2011/05/one-woman-6-weeks-and-270000-white-lego-bricks/
  18. The average architect aligns a structure to its property's frontage; the organic architect sites it based on solar/wind orientation.
  19. Want to learn timeless design? Read design magazines from 5 to 10 years back. The designs featured that still appeal to you are timeless.
  20. After Carly Fleischmann's breakthrough, I wouldn't be surprised if the next generation's great architect will be an individual with autism.