Author: Elizabeth Diller

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In the 1970s, New York was known as a place of great artistic production. Slowly, my city went from a place of production to a place of consumption.

In the 1970s, New York was known as a place of great artistic production. Slowly, my city went from a place of production to a place of consumption.

- Elizabeth Diller

Architects and food at a construction site equals indigestion. We're always looking for details that haven't been executed correctly.

Architects and food at a construction site equals indigestion. We're always looking for details that haven't been executed correctly.

- Elizabeth Diller

Architecture, by definition, is always standing still.

Architecture, by definition, is always standing still.

- Elizabeth Diller

In a progressively privatised city, the defence of public space, the production of new public space, and saving what is public really for the public is very important.

In a progressively privatised city, the defence of public space, the production of new public space, and saving what is public really for the public is very important.

- Elizabeth Diller

I can't live without my 15-inch MacBook Pro. I drag it everywhere I go. I love having a big screen with me at all times, especially in transit.

I can't live without my 15-inch MacBook Pro. I drag it everywhere I go. I love having a big screen with me at all times, especially in transit.

- Elizabeth Diller

I think idiosyncrasy is great.

I think idiosyncrasy is great.

- Elizabeth Diller

Aside from keeping the rain out and producing some usable space, architecture is nothing but a special-effects machine that delights and disturbs the senses.

Aside from keeping the rain out and producing some usable space, architecture is nothing but a special-effects machine that delights and disturbs the senses.

- Elizabeth Diller

My interest was always to do interdisciplinary work with space. I thought of architecture as one strand in a multimedia practice.

My interest was always to do interdisciplinary work with space. I thought of architecture as one strand in a multimedia practice.

- Elizabeth Diller

My mother and father had been through the Holocaust. The family was wiped out. I grew up never knowing aunts, uncles, or grandparents.

My mother and father had been through the Holocaust. The family was wiped out. I grew up never knowing aunts, uncles, or grandparents.

- Elizabeth Diller

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