Gottfried Bohm Quotes & Sayings

Streamlined time details are especially important, because by having to take a close look, we discover new things. Because of this, details will remain part of the building in the mind's eye — Gottfried Bohm

Architecture must make connections — Gottfried Bohm

A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function — Gottfried Bohm

New buildings should fit naturally into their surroundings, both architecturally and historically, without denying or prettifying the concerns of our time — Gottfried Bohm

I use different kinds of materials on different kinds of projects. Today we can do things with steel and glass that we could not do before. flexible enough to change. — Gottfried Bohm

I think the future of architecture does not lie so much in continuing to fill up the landscape, as in bringing back life and order to our cities and towns. — Gottfried Bohm

You cannot just quote from history and above all you cannot take it out of context, in however humorous a fashion . On the contrary history has a natural continuity which must be respected — Gottfried Bohm