"When Modern architects righteously abandoned ornament on buildings, they unconsciously designed buildings that were ornament.... They substituted for the innocent and inexpensive practice of applied decoration on a conventional shed the rather cynical and expensive distortion of program and structure... It is all right to decorate construction but never construct decoration" (from "Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form")
“It is alright to decorate construction but never construct decoration.”
― Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic, chiefly remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style. wiki
Interesting quote
"When Modern architects righteously abandoned ornament on buildings, they unconsciously designed buildings that were ornament.... They substituted for the innocent and inexpensive practice of applied decoration on a conventional shed the rather cynical and expensive distortion of program and structure... It is all right to decorate construction but never construct decoration" (from "Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form")
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“It is alright to decorate construction but never construct decoration.”
― Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic, chiefly remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style. wiki
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Ornament is an act of love, a token of esteem. We adorn what we revere.
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