Why can't we have those curves and arches that express feeling in design? What is wrong with them? Why has everything got to be vertical, straight, unbending, only at right angles - and functional?

  • -- Charles, Prince of Wales 查尔斯,威尔士王子

为什么我们不能在设计中使用曲线和拱门来表达情感呢?他们怎么了?为什么所有的东西都必须是垂直的、笔直的、不弯曲的,只有在直角的时候才有用?

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And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.

当一个建筑师设计了一间有大窗户的房子,这在今天是必要的,为了把阳光拉进这些非常深的房子,然后窗帘在建筑中扮演了一个重要的角色。

Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.

每当一个学生经过一幢属于他的学院的非常紧急、富有表现力的建筑时,它都能帮助他确信,他确实有那样的头脑,有那样的灵魂。

The great problem of the concert hall is that the shoebox is the ideal shape for acoustics but that no architect worth their names wants to build a shoebox.

音乐厅最大的问题是鞋盒是音响效果的理想形状,但没有一个名副其实的建筑师愿意建造鞋盒。

For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as it's an opportunity to express the extreme.

对于我来说,我仍然很高兴能够做舞台设计,因为这是一个表达极端的机会。

The job of buildings is to improve human relations: architecture must ease them, not make them worse.

建筑的任务是改善人与人之间的关系:建筑必须让人放松,而不是让人变得更糟。

It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution.

无论在材料、设计还是执行上,都要尽量避免质朴。