Architecture Quote by Bill Hillier

In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want…

— Bjarke Ingels

“Conventional histories of architecture talk about style, and the uniqueness of buildings as though they are art objects, like paintings, independent of their context.…

— Wade Graham

Architecture is not all about the design of the building and nothing else, it is also about the cultural setting and the ambience, the…

— Michael Graves

Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.

— Philip Johnson

The design of the building addresses the public nature of both the urban context and the internal program. In order to reinforce the building's…

— Michael Graves

“Architecture forms a vital link between people and their surroundings. It acts as a gentle buffer between the fragility of human existence and the…

— Kengo Kuma

Architecture is one of the art forms best able to improve and revitalise cities both artistically and functionally.

— Santiago Calatrava

We try to respond as closely as we can to the nature of each city, to the traditions, to their expectations. I don't believe…

— Cesar Pelli

“Architecture’s most kissable aspect is its surface. Space is hard to get a hold on. Structure has historically been inadequately pliant. Geometry—well, who really…

— Sylvia Lavin

As architects we are often involved in the concrete-steel-and-glass aspect of it, but cities are social structures, and to be involved in imagining the…

— Michael Arad

Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture is a political act, by nature. It has to do with the relationships between people and how they decide to change their conditions…

— Lebbeus Woods