We are what we build

Unfortunately, we are not painters and authors, where we can do something in isolation. We require a lot of money to create what we…

— Jon Favreau

When you design a building, you start from a general philosophy, and you come down, and you start from detail and come up. Only…

— Renzo Piano

“Every great building once begun as a building plan. That means, sitting in that building plan on the table is a mighty structure not…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“The structure of life I have described in buildings - the structure which I believe to be objective - is deeply and inextricably connected…

— Louisa Thomsen Brits

My buildings will be my legacy... they will speak for me long after I'm gone.

— Julia Morgan

A painter, a sculptor, a writer, they can express freely. They don't affect society as a whole. We build buildings that have a purpose,…

— Moshe Safdie

“Like a spider in its web, a vibration anywhere is felt everywhere.”

— Lois Farfel Stark

“Our prism can become our prison”

— Lois Farfel Stark

“We form a mental map, and then that shape, shapes us”

— Lois Farfel Stark

Buildings in modern cities have lost their metaphoric aspect. Much contemporary architecture is very fragmented and busy on the outside. It's like a skin…

— Mario Botta

Every time I've flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I've learned something new that can be applied…

— Norman Foster

Buildings should serve people, not the other way around.

— Anonymous

There are so many constraints on the architect that public buildings almost never feel free or enjoyable.

— Toyo Ito

And exciting buildings are fine periodically.

— Minoru Yamasaki

I happen to love buildings, and my passion is bringing people together.

— Adam Neumann