by Dave Guadagni

Answer for Last Week's Puzzler

Who said what? Match the following quotes and names:

"Passion can create drama out of inert stone." "We build buildings and then they build us." "The evolution of culture is synonymous with the removal of ornament from utilitarian objects." "Make no little plans." "Less is more." "Less is a bore." "I don't want to be good. I want to be interesting." "Material, I believe, is spent light." "Concrete is the marble of our time." "You observe a lot by watching."

Mies Van Der Rohe, Daniel Burnham, Arthur
Erickson, Le Corbusier, Adolf Loos, Winston
Churchill, Yogi Berra, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Robert Venturi.

Answer: 

Who said what? Match the following quotes and names:

"Passion can create drama out of inert stone." LeCorbusier

"We build buildings and then they build us." Winston Churchill

"The evolution of culture is synonymous with the removal of ornament from utilitarian objects." Adolf Loos

"Make no little plans." Daniel Burnham

"Less is more." Mies Van Der Rohe

"Less is a bore." Robert Venturi

"I don't want to be good. I want to be interesting." Philip Johnson

"Material, I believe, is spent light." Louis Kahn

"Concrete is the marble of our time." Arthur Erickson

"You observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra

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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects

Quizzical Pursuit is Copyright 2000, Dave Guadagni.

The Ozenfant house and studio, which Le Corbusier designed for the painter in Paris, is an early example of 'minimal' architecture.
Photo: Donald Corner and Jenny Young