When I designed my loft, I literally framed the World Trade Center as a picture postcard I could see from my bed. I no longer have that image, and I mourn it. — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
Any relationship between a building and its users is one of violence, for any use means the intrusion of a human body into a… — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar. — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed. — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
I was once in a very, very bad car accident. So my drawing arm is full of pins and platinum stuff. Occasionally it hurts.… — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
I feel very comfortable in New York, in a city where there is no such thing as 'nationality.' — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage… — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens. — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
I think architects are often at their best when faced with restraints. — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts. — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building...A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building. — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
Architecture is not so much a knowledge of form, but a form of knowledge. — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
I wear the same black suit. I have five of them. I pair them with a red scarf. I was wearing a red scarf… — Bernard Tschumi Copy Share Image
