What architect said the following?
1. “We don’t need a new architecture every Sunday morning!”
2. When asked to identify himself at a trial, the witness said, “I am ________, the world’s greatest architect!”
3. Asked to comment on a colleague’s architectural style, he stated “Less is bore.”
4. “I think Miss Monroe’s architecture is extremely good architecture.”
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May 2019 Trivia Answers
Love and architecture. Many a great architect’s work and life has been influenced by a great, or at least an interesting woman. Did Can you identify the architect, the lady, and the property?
1. “We met when he came to see my father, a very prominent Chicago business man, about designing a new house. I liked the architect more than the house.
Daniel Burnham married Margaret, the daughter of client John B. Sherman.
2. “There was a falling out with the architect over cost overruns. Many people assumed there was a romance of some sort. She said I expected the architect to go along with the house.”
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Dr. Edith Farnsworth, owner of Farnsworth House.
3. “He was engaged to design a house for my husband and me. We fell madly in love and we left our spouses and children and ran off to the continent.”
Mamah Borthwick Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright.
The participants are: Maurice Champagne, Jill Dahlke, Alice Danielle, Dan Jares, Larry Kameya, Ellen Shubart, Robin Simon, Roy Slowinski, and Leanne Starr.
And the winner is: Robin Simon – please contact Caroline for your prize.
Congratulations to all! And remember, participation is winning!