Architecture is the triumph of Human Imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at least the geometric pattern of things, of life, of the human and social world. It is at best that magic framework of reality that we sometimes touch upon when we use the word 'order.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Architecture represents human imagination overcoming physical and social constraints to bring order.
- In plain terms
- Building is about using imagination to shape the world and create order.
- What can you take from it?
- Architecture turns imagination into tangible order.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What order do you seek in design?
- How does imagination shape your world?
Another view
Idealizing architecture as order can ignore social inequities built into structures.
More from Frank Lloyd Wright
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