Architecture is a story

Posted on October 24, 2010 Updated on October 24, 2010

Daniel Libeskind uses 17 words to argue that architecture is a story; a story against improbability in this inspiring TED Talk.

This is a great construct for design and innovative thought. Some of the key themes which relate to the 10 City Bridge Run:

• You have to believe in the future to be a successful architecture.
• Design is visceral, not intellectual.
• Power comes from good design and through it leverage to transformation.
• It is about creating a space that has never been.

Watch the talk here:

Here are his 17 words. Listen to his description- well worth finding 19 minutes for this:

1. Optimism
2. Expression
3. Radical
4. Emotional
5. Inexplicable
6. Hand
7. Complex
8. Political
9. Real
10. Unexpected
11. Raw
12. Pointed
13. Memorable
14. Communicative
15. Risky
16. Space
17. Democratic