Joshua Prince-Ramus Quotes

Joshua Prince-Ramus — American Architect born on August 11, 1969,

Joshua Prince-Ramus is Principal of REX, an internationally acclaimed architecture and design firm based in New York City, whose name signifies a re-appraisal of architecture. Operating across many scales, REX consistently advances new building paradigms and promotes the agency of architecture. Seminal projects include the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Dallas, Texas; the Vakko Fashion Center in Istanbul, Turkey; and the Seattle Central Library--all opened to critical acclaim. The subject of numerous international exhibitions and publications, the work of REX has been recognized with many of the profession's top accolades, including the American Institute of Architects' National Honor Award in 2005 and 2011... (wikipedia)

Some people think architecture is about the genius sketch; I don't. Great architecture is a collaboration among a lot of people over a long period of time.

Architects have created this fake separation between creation and execution. You can see it in architecture schools, where the students look down on going to contracts classes.

'Form follows function' comes with so much baggage. It's a worthless phrase because you'll never take it for what it means.

Working off one genius sketch is not the way great architecture should be made.

I always wanted to do something creative, but as much as I'm creative, it's in a really hard-core, right-brained way. For me, painting doesn't do it for me. There's no constraint.

Joshua Prince-Ramus Quotes

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