When I'm in London, Claridge's is a great favourite. I'm a big fan of art deco architecture and the rooms are extraordinary. — Roman Coppola Copy Share Image
“While for critics of sprawl the generic signifies a loss of local identity and connection to place, for Koolhaas it represents an… — Graham Owen Copy Share Image
If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making -… — Peter Zumthor Copy Share Image
When we think of design, we usually imagine things that are chosen because they are designed. Vases or comic books or architecture...… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I make no apology for preoccupying myself with architecture, television, conceptual art, restaurants and Jane Asher's cakes. — Will Self Copy Share Image
We work with the Mexican authorities. We have our own intelligence architecture. And we are aware of the involvement of smuggling organizations… — Alejandro Mayorkas Copy Share Image
“Honestly, the only question most Americans ask about a new building at this point is basically: Is it a soul-sucking eyesore of… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The current state of architecture and design requires extensive collaboration and an investigative attitude and we continue to research and develop new… — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
As an architect, I try to be guided not by habit but by a conscious sense of the past-by precedent, thoughtfully considered...As… — Robert Venturi Copy Share Image
Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, that the sight of them may contribute to… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
It's important for people who criticise architects - whether what they build is or isn't to your taste - to appreciate how… — Thomas Heatherwick Copy Share Image
One summer, when I was on break from architecture school in Tijuana, my aunt gave me a summer job cleaning up and… — Marcela Valladolid Copy Share Image
“...architects (should) involve themselves continuously in anticipatory design as recommended by Buckminster Fuller” — Cedric Price Copy Share Image
“Once, we built structures entirely from the most durable substances we knew: granite block, for instance. The results are still around today… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else, to try to contribute something that has… — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
What architecture does is what a coat does for our body. It wraps us. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
Architecture is either the prophecy of an unformed society or the tomb of a finished one. — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
The job of the architect becomes more difficult in this secular age. Where once he had a god to extol, he now… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
“In antiquity , for instance, one of the dominant images of the translators was that of a builder: his (usually it was… — Andrew Chesterman Copy Share Image
When I'm with him, there is someone with me in my house of grief, someone who knows its architecture as I do,… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know. — Richard Rogers Copy Share Image
