Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. "The client made me do this." "The city made me do this." "Oh, the budget." I don't believe that anymore.
Frank GehryRead
I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote highlights the irony of clients dictating terms to architects whom they hire for their expertise.
Frank Gehry's quote addresses the strange phenomenon where clients, despite hiring architects for their creativity and expertise, impose their own ideas and constraints on the design process. This can undermine the architect's vision and diminish the potential for innovative and original designs, emphasizing the importance of trust and collaboration in the client-architect relationship.
Themes
ArchitectureDesignCreativityCollaborationExpertise
In practice
Example use cases
In an architecture presentation discussing the need for client trust.
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