Kanye West recently said: "I hang around architects mostly—people that wanna make things as dope as possible." And thus begins architecture's alliance with music. Unlike other creative fields, there are few dancers turned musicians turned actors turned architects (or vice versa). Sure, Brad Pitt briefly became BFFs with Frank Gehry, but he's hardly an architect (despite the few photos of him standing imposingly adjacent to an architectural model). All of the members of Pink Floyd also met while studying architecture and Weird Al was a disc jockey during his time as an architecture student at Cal Poly, but those example are few and far between. Conversely, architects spend all day and night in the studio, which leaves them very little time to pursue rap careers and learn breakdancing on the L train. Which, for the general amused public, is a shame. That's why we've crafted this perfect architecture playlist: to inspire you to change that. Or to give you something to play when standing outside your favorite architect's house holding a boom box. Track 1: Autobahn, Kraftwerk Recently performed during their residency at Tate Modern, this song is 22 minutes long and is a conceptual ode ...
Kanye West recently said: "I hang around architects mostly—people that wanna make things as dope as possible." And thus begins architecture's alliance with music. Unlike other creative fields, there are few dancers turned musicians turned actors turned architects (or vice versa). Sure, Brad Pitt briefly became BFFs with Frank Gehry, but he's hardly an architect (despite the few photos of him standing imposingly adjacent to an architectural model). All of the members of Pink Floyd also met while studying architecture and Weird Al was a disc jockey during his time as an architecture student at Cal Poly, but those example are few and far between. Conversely, architects spend all day and night in the studio, which leaves them very little time to pursue rap careers and learn breakdancing on the L train. Which, for the general amused public, is a shame. That's why we've crafted this perfect architecture playlist: to inspire you to change that. Or to give you something to play when standing outside your favorite architect's house holding a boom box. Track 1: Autobahn, Kraftwerk Recently performed during their residency at Tate Modern, this song is 22 minutes long and is a conceptual ode ...