No architect should design buildings that import a huge amount of energy. — Christiana Figueres Copy Share Image
“For example, they recently had a piece on a character--I think his name was Ambrosio D'Urbervilles--whose "design statement" was to stuff an… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I think Ms. Monroe's architecture is extremely good architecture. — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model; And when we see the figure of the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The best kind of design isn't necessarily an object, a space, or a structure: it's a process- dynamic and adaptable. — Donald A. Norman Copy Share Image
“I am opposed to Naperville. It's all cute, trendy and expensive, and filled with cookie-cutter Borg houses that assimilate you into upper-middle-class… — Robyn Bachar Copy Share Image
“A software architecture is defined by a configuration of architectural elements--components, connectors, and data--constrained in their relationships in order to achieve a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can't imagine having a spouse who is not an architect. It's hard to put myself in the shoes of other couples… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated with design. I realized early that I had no talent in that direction, but I love talking with architects and… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
Unesco can rightly be claimed as one of Britain's greatest contributions to that global architecture of peace, and for Penny Mordaunt to… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
Because I'm a novelist, I think in terms of structure. The way I keep going is through structure. It's what inspires me… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I think there's going to be a real push in the next two years in Asia - China and Korea specifically. And… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
The responsibility of an architect is to create a sense of order, a sense of place, a sense of relationship. — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Architecture is life, or at least it is life itself taking form and therefore it is the truest record of life as… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting… — Yves Saint Laurent Copy Share Image
New security architecture is being laid down in the Northern Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, in which pro-Iranian governments are consolidating their… — Joshua Landis Copy Share Image
When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather… — Origen Copy Share Image
Architecture appears for the first time when the sunlight hits a wall. The sunlight did not know what it was before it… — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
Moving swiftly between different arenas like politics, architecture or commercial design is what I would consider defintive of my generation. I am… — Sarah Morris Copy Share Image
The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable.… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
Inspiration is around you. Like, when I travel any country, be it Paris or London, while walking on the streets, the architecture,… — Gauri Khan Copy Share Image