--- title: "3 Neil Denari Quotes - Famous Architect (Gyroscopic horizons)" description: "Neil Denari is an American architect, professor, and author based in Los Angeles since 1988. Browse 3 Neil Denari quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b101/author-neil-denari-84900.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Neil Denari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b101/author-neil-denari-84900.jpg) # Neil Denari (1957) Architect United States **3** quotes in **52** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Neil Denari is an architect from the United States, best known for *Gyroscopic horizons*. ## Quick Facts About Neil Denari Born September 3, 1957 Nationality United States Profession Architect Notable works Gyroscopic horizons ## About Neil Denari Neil Denari is an American architect, professor, and author based in Los Angeles since 1988. Denari emerged in New York during the 1980s with a series of theoretical projects and texts based on the collapse of the machine aesthetic of Modernism. His office, Neil M. Denari Architects (NMDA) is dedicated to exploring the realms of architecture, design, urbanism, and all aspects of contemporary life. As a teacher for more than 20 years, Denari has held visiting professorships at UC Berkeley, Columbia, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Texas at Arlington. Denari is a tenured professor at UCLA where he has been teaching since 2002. ## Quotes by Neil Denari > [In L.A., cinema and television might be seen as more interesting places for architecture than ever before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-denari/in-l-a-cinema-and-television-might-be-seen-as-more-interesting-places/) Neil Denari [Architecture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/architecture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/neil-denari-84900_architecture_in-l-a-cinema-and-television-might-be-se_1211289.png) > [What I want to do is try to raise the level of SCI-Arc's original mission, which was to be forward-thinking. And let's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-denari/what-i-want-to-do-is-try-to-raise-the-level-of-sci-arc-s-original/) Neil Denari [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a99/neil-denari-84900_always_what-i-want-to-do-is-try-to-raise-the-le_1230615.png) > [I am trying to represent design through drawing. I have always drawn things to a high degree of detail. That is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-denari/i-am-trying-to-represent-design-through-drawing-i-have-always-drawn/) Neil Denari [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/neil-denari-84900_amount_i-am-trying-to-represent-design-through_1586294.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-denari/#itemlist", "name": "Neil Denari Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In L.A., cinema and television might be seen as more interesting places for architecture than ever before.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Denari" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-denari/in-l-a-cinema-and-television-might-be-seen-as-more-interesting-places/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/neil-denari-84900_architecture_in-l-a-cinema-and-television-might-be-se_1211289.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/neil-denari-84900_architecture_in-l-a-cinema-and-television-might-be-se_1211289.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bec/neil-denari-84900_architecture_in-l-a-cinema-and-television-might-be-se_1211289.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In L.A., cinema and television might be seen as more interesting places for architecture than ever before.” — Neil Denari", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I want to do is try to raise the level of SCI-Arc's original mission, which was to be forward-thinking. 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