Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture. — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
I always want to encourage young artists. As the budgets get smaller, that might provide an opening for younger artists and more… — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
Until the Eighties, Oslo was a rather boring town, but it's changed a lot, and is now much more cosmopolitan. If I… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Buildings are deeply emotive structures which form our psyche. People think they're just things they maneuver through, but the makeup of a… — David Adjaye Copy Share Image
The first gesture of an architect is to draw a perimeter; in other words, to separate the microclimate from the macro space… — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
“Building by building, Chicago was lifted by an army of men with jackscrews. As the jackscrews raised the buildings inch by inch,… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
I think we need to question this idea that architecture is about making buildings. Actually, a building is about the most expensive… — Suman Rai Copy Share Image
It struck me that our history is contained in the home we live in, that we are shaped by the ability of… — Achmat Dangor Copy Share Image
A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end… — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A spider conducts operations that resemble those of a weaver, and a bee puts to shame many an architect in the construction… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Everything in New Orleans is a good idea. Bijou temple-type cottages and lyric cathedrals side by side. Houses and mansions, structures of… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“Museum architectural search committees have invariably included the Kimbell in their international scouting tours of exemplary art galleries (a practice pioneered by… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
To become an Architect in the right sense of the word means that a man shall give his life to it and… — Cass Gilbert Copy Share Image
I can't go to a restaurant or a hotel now without looking at the architecture and wondering how it would look if… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
If it is asserted that civilization is a real advance in the condition of man,--and I think that it is, though only… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Layering and changeability: this is the key, the combination that is worked into most of my buildings. Occupying one of these buildings… — Glenn Murcutt Copy Share Image
Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They're modernist, they're cold, and now architects want to go back to… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
The city is a body and a mind - a physical structure as well as a repository of ideas and information. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
If structure does not tell us anything about function, it means that we have not looked at it correctly. — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Copy Share Image
The Grid makes the history of architecture and all previous lessons of urbanism irrelevant. It forces Manhattan's builders to develop a new… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
