Gottfried Bohm Quotes

• A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function

  Gottfried Bohm

  Space, Dignity, Building

  Gottfried Böhm, Hyatt Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1986). “The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1986, presented to Gottfried Böhm”

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• Architecture must make connections

  Gottfried Bohm

  Connections, Architecture

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• New buildings should fit naturally into their surroundings, both architecturally and historically, without denying or prettifying the concerns of our time

  Gottfried Bohm

  Fit, Building, Surroundings

  Gottfried Böhm, Hyatt Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1986). “The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1986, presented to Gottfried Böhm”

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• I think the future of architecture does not lie so much in continuing to fill up the landscape, as in bringing back life and order to our cities and towns.

  Gottfried Bohm

  Lying, Thinking, Order

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• You cannot just quote from history and above all you cannot take it out of context, in however humorous a fashion . On the contrary history has a natural continuity which must be respected

  Gottfried Bohm

  Fashion, Humorous, Natural

  Gottfried Böhm, Hyatt Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1986). “The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1986, presented to Gottfried Böhm”

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• I use different kinds of materials on different kinds of projects. Today we can do things with steel and glass that we could not do before. flexible enough to change.

  Gottfried Bohm

  Glasses, Different, Steel

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• Streamlined time details are especially important, because by having to take a close look, we discover new things. Because of this, details will remain part of the building in the mind's eye

  Gottfried Bohm

  Eye, Mind, Important

  Gottfried Böhm, Hyatt Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1986). “The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1986, presented to Gottfried Böhm”

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