I love medieval cities; they do not clamor for attention; they possess their souls - their riches - in quiet; formal, courteous,… — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
Before the professionalization of architecture in the nineteenth century, it was standard for an aspiring mason or carpenter to begin his apprenticeship… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Shake structures. School yourself. Look twice at a thing, once upside down. Answer yourself clearly. — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
I understand that, today, some developers are asking architects to design eye-catching, iconic buildings. Fortunately, I've not had that kind of client… — Fumihiko Maki Copy Share Image
The visual architecture of 'Biutiful' is the most sophisticated of all the films I have directed. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I have a preference for rough architecture, real, inexpensive, unfinished. — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
“Urban architecture would be reimagined around atomic survival to ensure a single bomb couldn’t do too much damage. They would be built… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
In the past, young, talented architects worked together to form a strong social agenda and communicate with a larger audience. That's what… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
I practised as an architect for 10 years. I qualified in 1973 with a fellowship diploma of architecture. World Series Cricket gave… — Max Walker Copy Share Image
The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
I'm afraid what we are building today will not have the same impact and sustainability of the architecture of a 100, 500… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
A lot of my ideas come from McNally Jackson bookstore. One of my favorite things to do is just go there and… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that's what I… — Parker Stevenson Copy Share Image
“We therefore find that the triangles and rectangles herein described, enclose a large majority of the temples and cathedrals of the Greek… — Samuel Colman Copy Share Image
Architecture is a language. When you are very good, you can be a poet — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Copy Share Image
I was studying architecture at Berkeley when my father passed away in 2007. We knew he had cancer, but we didn't expect… — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood. — Ettore Sottsass Copy Share Image
If a building makes us light up, it is not because we see order; any row of file cabinets is ordered. What… — Jonathan Hale Copy Share Image
I think that as good architecture enhances a city, a good cut enhances the definition and expression of a face. — Vidal Sassoon Copy Share Image
There are essentially two possibilities. One is to be, shall we say, an average architect and do the same thing everywhere. The… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
When we talk of architecture, people usually think of something static; this is wrong. What we are thinking of is an architecture… — Carlo Carra Copy Share Image
I love food, and my girlfriend comes from an architecture background, so we might open up a restaurant. — Dacre Montgomery Copy Share Image
An architect doesn't go off with a shovel and dig his foundation and lay every brick. He's still an artist. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
