It is not what they built. It is what they knocked down. It is not the houses. It is the spaces between the houses. It is not the streets that exist. It is the streets that no longer exist.

About This Quote

This quote was written by the great architect and thinker Le Corbusier. It is a simple yet profound statement. A building, like everything else, is only as good as the space it occupies. The spaces between buildings and roads and sidewalks aren't buildings. They're just an empty void that's there to be used.

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