I've often thought that if planners were botanists, zoologists, geologists, and people who know about the earth, we would have much more… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban… — Kenzo Tange Copy Share Image
In traditional cities like Beijing, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, nature was a very important part of urban planning - not only as a… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
“Probably the most important element in intricacy is centering. Good small parks typically have a place somewhere within them commonly understood to… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
Architects in urban planning are talking about this but they're not talking about it yet I don't think at that level that… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
There's a simple solution to our traffic problems. We'll have business build the roads, and government build the cars. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“There are fashions in building. Behind the fashions lie economic and technological reasons, and these fashions exclude all but a few genuinely… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
If a policeman must know the Constitution, then why not a planner? — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
“Ahhh, God's balls! The Horrible Halt!" Adoulla pronounced the Dhamsawaati term for the complete standstill of traffic with a familiar disgust.” — Saladin Ahmed Copy Share Image
“Planning is for the world's great cities, for Paris, London, and Rome, for cities dedicated, at some level, to culture. Detroit, on… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
A plan that everyone dislikes for different reasons is a success. A plan everyone dislikes for the same reason is a failure.… — Richard Carson Copy Share Image
The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
Americans are in the habit of never walking if they can ride. — Louis-Philippe I of France Copy Share Image
“A young, beautiful mayor’s with high-powered plans for the city of Compton must put them aside to become a sleuth to solve… — Martha Tucker Copy Share Image
Every public action which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that… — Francis Cornford Copy Share Image
“Consequently, a wide variety of perspectives and frameworks have been developed for trying to understand what cities are, how they arose, how… — Geoffrey West Copy Share Image
“Henceforth the crisis of urbanism is all the more concretely a social and political one, even though today no force born of… — Tom McDonough Copy Share Image
“Too often critics have taken as the sole and crucial matter of fantasy the preoccupation of Tolkien, the quest for a remedy… — Roz Kaveney Copy Share Image
The outcome of the city will depend on the race between the automobile and the elevator, and anyone who bets on the… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
A land full of places that are not worth caring about may soon be a nation and a way of life that… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
Italian cities have long been held up as ideals, not least by New Yorkers and Londoners enthralled by the ways their architecture… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“the presence of buildings around a park is important in design. They enclose it. They make a definite shape out of the… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
“A border--the perimeter of a single massive or stretched-out use of territory--forms the edge of an area of 'ordinary' city. Often borders… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
