"Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan."
–Eliel Saarinen
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Comments (5)
Truly words to live by.
whoa! i just thought of this quote earlier today. eerie...
That's the trouble with so much today:
Most things aren't designed for beauty and pleasure - They're engineered for profit.
So true, but why so many outlets?
Too bad his son didn't take his advice--Dulles Airport in the context of what exactly? An international airport that's hard to reach by public transportation.