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title: "8 Design Buildings Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Design Buildings quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Design Buildings sayings and thoughts."
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> [There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-niemeyer/there-is-no-reason-to-design-buildings-that-are-more-basic-and/)

[Oscar Niemeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-niemeyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/oscar-niemeyer-12939_building_there-is-no-reason-to-design-buildings-t_240732.png)

> [There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/there-are-people-who-design-buildings-that-are-not-technically-and/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/frank-gehry-2139_building_there-are-people-who-design-buildings-th_1215104.png)

> [Architects design buildings; that's what we do, so we have to go with the flow; and, even though I'm still an old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rogers/architects-design-buildings-that-s-what-we-do-so-we-have-to-go-with/)

[Richard Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rogers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/richard-rogers-9562_architects_architects-design-buildings-that-s-what_2121429.jpg)

> [They should make new ways to better design buildings and books. The computer was the end of Swiss typography!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emil-ruder/they-should-make-new-ways-to-better-design-buildings-and-books-the/)

[Emil Ruder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emil-ruder/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/emil-ruder-51885_book_they-should-make-new-ways-to-better-desi_2186634.png)

> [Some people design buildings and aircraft carriers and cars - and I designed picks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-nielsen/some-people-design-buildings-and-aircraft-carriers-and-cars-and-i/)

[Rick Nielsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-nielsen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/rick-nielsen-3997_buildings_some-people-design-buildings-and-aircraf_2472884.jpg)

> [In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/in-order-to-design-buildings-with-a-sensuous-connection-to-life-one/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

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> [No architect should design buildings that import a huge amount of energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christiana-figueres/no-architect-should-design-buildings-that-import-a-huge-amount-of/)

[Christiana Figueres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christiana-figueres/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b9/christiana-figueres-22696_amount_no-architect-should-design-buildings-tha_2941356.jpg)

> [When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tadao-ando/when-i-design-buildings-i-think-of-the-overall-composition-much-as/)

[Tadao Ando](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tadao-ando/)

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