Architecture Must Blaze (Coop Himmelb(l)au)

We want architecture to have more. Architecture that bleeds, that exhaust, that whirls and even breaks. Architecture that lights up, that stings, that rips, and under stress, tears. Architecture should be cavernous, fiery, smooth, hard, angular, brutal, round, delicate, colourful, obscene, voluptuous, dreamy, alluring, repelling, wet, dry and throbbing. Alive or dead. Cold - then cold is a block of ice. Hot - then hot is a blazing wing.

Architecture must blaze.

Coop Himmelb(l)au: Text accompanying the Blazing Wing Action Object (Graz) 1980.