The sort of lifetime achievement stuff that I'm getting now is kind of like Tom Sawyer's funeral because they all know I'm… — Sam Simon Copy Share Image
The size thing is not some gimmick or attention-getting trick but a genuine undercurrent of the work. Frank Gehry for instance likes… — Michael Heizer Copy Share Image
In 1975, the Americans suffered a spectacular military defeat at the hands of North Vietnam and the Vietcong, with U.S. helicopters seeking… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Los Angeles is a city of few hard targets. Its iconic buildings are private spaces, mostly residential, visible by invitation only or… — Dana Goodyear Copy Share Image
No restaurant, however brilliantly situated, can give you the constantly changing views that you can see from a railway. Revolving restaurants at… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
A painter, a sculptor, a writer, they can express freely. They don't affect society as a whole. We build buildings that have… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
I moved from a mountain with one traffic light to New York City when I was 17, and it was an amazing,… — Rachel Boston Copy Share Image
You have to blast to build in Manhattan. And the buildings went up in Manhattan because of the power of that bedrock.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
For thousands of years, the most physically imposing buildings on earth were temples, churches, and mosques. But in the 20th century, new… — Thomas Hauser Copy Share Image
As a child, I used to have a secret dread - and a recurring nightmare - of the whole world becoming city,… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
A Land Valuation Tax is a levy on the value of the land unimproved by buildings or other enhancement. The method is… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
I love to walk through the streets of Jesus Maria and Pueblo Libre. The Spanish colonial buildings are in bright colors, two… — Daniel Alarcon Copy Share Image
From Brighton to Bradford, from Suffolk to Somerset, I have explored some remarkable buildings and structures that, in different ways, have helped… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
As the world's 'most dynamic' cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer.… — Robert Hormats Copy Share Image
Cities offer us powerful leverage on our most stubborn, wasteful practices. Long commutes in our cars, big power bills from our energy-hogging… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
If there really was a crisis, and if this crisis was caused by our emissions, you would at least see some signs.… — Greta Thunburg Copy Share Image
I don't usually go in for reviews of buildings that aren't yet built, since you can tell only so much from drawings… — Paul Goldberger Copy Share Image
I remember coming back to the U.K. after spending five months in Charlotte for 'Homeland,' and I just found myself just wandering… — David Harewood Copy Share Image
The public brings our buildings to life, and we try to choreograph a lot of things, but our most successful work functions… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
My first book, 'To Engineer Is Human,' was prompted by nonengineer friends asking me why so many technological accidents and failures were… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
Extreme weather threatens our energy and electric grid, federal buildings, transportation infrastructure, access to natural resources, public health, our relationships across the… — Matt Cartwright Copy Share Image
I grew up in Hong Kong, and London used to seem very gray: the sky was gray, the buildings were gray, the… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
I saw 'The Shining' really young. I don't think it scarred me, but I had a paper route, and I delivered to… — Ron Livingston Copy Share Image
We're seeing the development of tactics in Iraq, such as suicide bombing. Insurgents have been driving cars with explosives into hotels and… — Rand Beers Copy Share Image
If you look at the buildings, you'll find that one part looks as if it was designed by one man, and you… — Minoru Yamasaki Copy Share Image
It's easy to say why I love coming to Chicago for my signings, because I still remember the very first time I… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in buildings that have meaning for a particular place. I suppose it feels slightly rude to me if the… — Thomas Heatherwick Copy Share Image
I think Tokyo is going to sink under water soon. All those stupid high-rise buildings will sink and maybe all the traffic… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
I'm particularly interested in the public role that all buildings play. I believe that we architects should try to go beyond our… — Cesar Pelli Copy Share Image
“The structure of life I have described in buildings - the structure which I believe to be objective - is deeply and… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
Buildings in modern cities have lost their metaphoric aspect. Much contemporary architecture is very fragmented and busy on the outside. It's like… — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
I don't like Johannesburg, where I grew up. Everybody lives in 'gated' buildings, is paranoid about crime and is always talking about… — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
When I first came to New York City, what I was thrilled about was not the Empire State Building, or the Statue… — Dave Gibbons Copy Share Image
Reinforced concrete buildings are by nature skeletal buildings. No noodles nor armoured turrets. A construction of girders that carry the weight, and… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Copy Share Image
I want my buildings to take root and look as if they've always been there. It isn't about pastiche or adapting what's… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
When I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings… — Bernard Arnault Copy Share Image
Once I tried to make a standardization of staircases. Probably that is one of the oldest of the standardizations. Of course, we… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
A war, with its attendant human suffering, must, when that evil is unavoidable, be made to fragment more than buildings: It must… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
When I started studying architecture, people would say, you know, 'Can you tell me why are all modern buildings so boring?' Because,… — Bjarke Ingels Copy Share Image
As a foreigner, I used to think all of Michigan was a post-apocalyptic wasteland of burning buildings, trashed cars, abandoned factories and… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
