Architecture Quotes · Page 39

With products the form is almost the finished piece, but with architecture it is not.

— Zaha Hadid

“He had a theory going about cities, that the dominant industry of the town filtered into every level of the place, from…

— Marcus Sakey

For me, I think the most exciting thing in architecture is the re-emergence of the locally-focused architect.

— Cameron Sinclair

There are no chords in modernist architecture, only lines - lines that may come to an end, but that achieve no closure

— Roger Scruton

The architecture of our future is not only unfinished; the scaffolding has hardly gone up.

— George Lamming

No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung,Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung.Majestic silence.

— Reginald Heber

Every market we go to, we have a domain-specific language. Every domain-specific language, underneath, has an architecture.

— Jensen Huang

Architecture must concern itself continually with the socially beneficial distortion of the environment.

— Cedric Price

I think people care. If not, why do so many people spend money going on vacations to see architecture? They go to…

— Frank Gehry

The idealism [in architecture] is in the formal arrangement, the relationship to the city, the use of materials that are available to…

— Frank Gehry

Later works are better because it takes a lot of time in architecture to mature. And, it takes a lot of discipline…

— Santiago Calatrava

“Principles of design: 1. Use both knowledge in the world and knowledge in the head. 2. Simplify the structure of tasks. 3.…

— Donald A. Norman

“The Talmud states, "Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly…

— Bridges McCall

I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny…

— Ice Cube

As architects we are often involved in the concrete-steel-and-glass aspect of it, but cities are social structures, and to be involved in…

— Michael Arad

I have a traditional view of the afterlife... heaven, hell and judgments. But the accounts of those places are scant ,and I…

— Doug TenNapel

What we experience in various and specific milieux, I have noted, is often caused by structural changes. Accordingly, to understand the changes…

— C. Wright Mills

The Classic games were Classic because, like classical music or architecture, they strove to give life and weight to ideals of order…

— D. B. Weiss

In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for…

— Magnus Larsson

I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I'm always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how…

— Adriana Trigiani

Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power, Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to…

— Shigeru Ban

“When the old way of seeing was displaced, a hollowness came into architecture. Our buildings show a constant effort to fill that…

— Jonathan Hale

At least since the Industrial Revolution, the world of design has been dominated by the rigors of manufacturing and mass production. Assembly…

— Neri Oxman

All important architecture of the last century was strongly influenced by political systems. Look at the Soviet system, with its constructivism and…

— Rem Koolhaas

I think of painting as possessed by a structure... but a structure born of the flow of color feeling.

— Jules Olitski

The dance is the mother of the arts. Music and poetry exist in time; painting and architecture in space. But the dance…

— Curt Sachs

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

Architecture has been male-dominated forever, and I am a grateful beneficiary of the women's movement.

— Elizabeth Diller

The building is a special place because of its architecture; But it's people who make it special by participating in it.

— Charlie Chaplin

I love the South Bank: every era of architecture is there, and you can stop, look, and listen.

— Abi Morgan

A bold architectural statement turns a public building into a landmark, but it is in the details where the architect becomes the…

— Curtis W. Fentress

I need quite a lot going on, so a perfect holiday for me is one in a cooler climate with wonderful scenery,…

— Deborah Meaden

I think of architecture as language, and I look within the intra-communication between architects.

— Jimenez Lai

Chicago is a city built on architecture, and there are plenty of buildings to scale.

— Andrew Shaffer

I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at…

— Tadao Ando

My private work is touched by this destiny of understanding that architecture and engineering have a social character and can serve the…

— Santiago Calatrava

Because of the nature of the profession of architecture, the art of architecture nourishes itself from other disciplines.

— Santiago Calatrava

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing…

— John Ruskin

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

We experience every space in five senses, so it's strange that architects design just for the eyes.

— Julian Treasure