Ben van Berkel Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Ben van Berkel:

In the early work of Frank Lloyd Wright - and you can also see it with Mies - they make new ground by raising the ground. Frank Lloyd Wright did it so beautifully with the Robie House. The roof becomes almost a new ground.
~Ben van Berkel


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/ben-van-berkel-quotes/#4d54206e

You could never hide yourself in these places - in Mies's Farnsworth house, for example. That was a mistake of Modernism. People need places to hide from each other, too. You need everything.
~Ben van Berkel


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/ben-van-berkel-quotes/#73eebc21

That's what I love about Chicago... It is the staccato aspect of the skyscrapers. But the ground is very loose, very relaxed. It makes Chicago far more pleasant than other cities.
~Ben van Berkel


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/ben-van-berkel-quotes/#177ad42d

I never show the back of my tongue. That is a Dutch expression.
~Ben van Berkel


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/ben-van-berkel-quotes/#6939de4f

My mother took me to Venice one time and showed me all the houses where famous composers used to live. It gave me a fascination for music and the city, but also for architecture. It was a valuable lesson.
~Ben van Berkel


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/ben-van-berkel-quotes/#4afb75f8

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