I’m more interested in the architecture or the structure of the writing itself.
I believe, for example, that Jane Austen was a fantastic architect:
the way her novels are conceived, structured, detailed,
the extraordinary craftsmanship with which they are executed.
- Cesar Pelli, Architect

Architect Cesar Pelli in reply to the Veery question of
""When reading literature, novels or poetry, what architecture stood out to you from that literature?"


Competence of course, and the ability to understand the architect's intentions
so that the structure can be extraordinary in itself
but also part of the architecture and not a separate element.
- Cesar Pelli, Architect

Architect Cesar Pelli in reply to the Veery question of "What do you look for in an engineer?"


The most useful form of criticism is when the critic brings new insights into my work or the work of other architects, when I am able to see things that I have not seen before - it doesn’t matter if it is positive or negative; as you can see, that’s not the point - that way it contributes to my greater understanding of architecture or to my learning. It doesn’t happen often: it happens rarely. But those critics that are able to do that are those that I appreciate the most. But this is just one aspect. Critics are also able to explain the work to a much larger public, to increase the understanding of architecture, the understanding of a specific work of architecture. By praising good work and criticizing poor work, it helps to elevate the quality of architecture. The critic is an essential contributor towards the making of an architecture, not of a piece of architecture, but of architecture at large. I think this is true in all of the arts. Of course in literature, because that’s their profession, is where you find some of the most enlightened criticism. I find T.S. Eliot’s criticism of literature and poetry to be incredibly profound. It is a good analysis sometimes of all arts.

Architect Cesar Pelli in reply to the Veery question of "What to you is the point of criticism?"


Veery, 1993