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ARQUITECTS VIEWS ON WHAT ARQUITECTURE IS.
VITRUVIUS– The art of building
WILLIAM MORRIS– Links his ideas to human needs (the need for shelter
ADOLF LOOS– Arquitecture is not art, it is purely utility, with the exception of monuments and funerary rememberance
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT– Great art is great arquitecture, therefore, great life. (contrary to LOOS)
LE CORBUSIER– Arquitecture is the process of building towards a better future
LOUIS KHAN– Architecture doesn’t exist. There is a work of
architecture.
PAUL RUDOLPH– Architecture is the art of the possible
OTL AICHER– He fears the danger of arquitecture drifting away from science and technique, towards empty fashion
REM KOOLHAAS– It is a mixture of omnipotence and impotence, The arquitect feels he/she can create anything, only to realise they actually cant.