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Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be

— Curtis W. Fentress

“Architects have to know everything there is to know about a space. You have to know its past and present. That way you can…

— Kyung-sook Shin

I would say that many architects are very logical. They start their process from analysis and from rational processes to try and find the…

— Ma Yansong

Brands must become architects of community.

— Simon Mainwaring

Many of the architects I admire have given the best of themselves as they mature. I'm hoping to do the same.

— Santiago Calatrava

It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many…

— Olafur Eliasson

“Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power,” Ban said recently. “Power and money are invisible, so people hire us…

— Anonymous

I spent more than ten years working on the Neues Museum. It was a wonderful experience, an example of real collaboration between architects, conservationists,…

— David Chipperfield

Architects think that beauty is a crime.

— Ma Yansong

In the U.K., architects train for five years, and they spend one day on sound.

— Julian Treasure

“Queen Isabella III seemed to have been designed by corporate architects, the sort who put doors halfway up walls for aesthetic balance.”

— Mjke Wood

The challenge of today's generation of architects is the environment.

— Carol Ross Barney

Various different people have inspired me throughout my career. From Francis Bacon to Vassareli, Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Cecil Beaton, musicians, architects... the…

— Dries van Noten

I personally felt that his ad hominen attacks on British architects were not the sort of thing a Prince of Wales should be doing…

— Anthony Holden

We are the architects of our own happiness

— Gerald Causse