Herbert Muschamp Quote

A building does not have to be an important work of architecture to become a first-rate landmark. Landmarks are not created by architects. They are fashioned by those who encounter them after they are built. The essential feature of a landmark is not its design, but the place it holds in a city's memory. Compared to the place it occupies in social history, a landmark's artistic qualities are incidental.


Hearts of the City (ed. Knopf, 2013) - ISBN: 9780307273246


A building does not have to be an important work of architecture to become a first-rate landmark. Landmarks are not created by architects. They are...

A building does not have to be an important work of architecture to become a first-rate landmark. Landmarks are not created by architects. They are...

A building does not have to be an important work of architecture to become a first-rate landmark. Landmarks are not created by architects. They are...

A building does not have to be an important work of architecture to become a first-rate landmark. Landmarks are not created by architects. They are...