Architectural Quotes

104 quotes by 84 authors

In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo. — Tadao Ando
All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult… — Tadao Ando
I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring… — Tadao Ando
Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're… — Tadao Ando
A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature. — Guillaume Apollinaire
The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism. — Kevin McCloud
The fundamental failure of most graphic, product, architectural and even urban design is its insistence on serving the God of Looking-Good rather than the God… — Richard Saul Wurman
...By allowing businesses to expense up to $75,000, it means somebody is more likely to buy a copying machine, or in this case, an architectural...… — George W. Bush
The first principle of architectural beauty is that the essential lines of a construction be determined by a perfect appropriateness to its use. — Gustave Eiffel
Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers -… — Stephen Bayley
Free men and women... can think across time, viewing their own lives, inclusive of past, present, and future, as architectural wholes, static in mental space.… — Robert Grudin
Architecture and architectural freedom are above all a social issue that must be seen from inside a political structure, not from outside it, — Lina Bo Bardi
They couldn't wait to get me out. My dad found my place, my mom helped me pack, and my brother was making architectural plans for… — Justine Bateman
A modern building should derive its architectural significance solely from the vigour and consequence of its own organic proportions. It must be true to itself,… — Walter Gropius
True, there are architects so called in this country, and I have heard of one at least possessed with the idea of making architectural ornaments… — Henry David Thoreau
Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak… — Harry Seidler
I will never fix my architectural style and never be satisfied with my works. — Toyo Ito
The task of the architectural project is to reveal, through the transformation of form, the essence of the surrounding context. — Vittorio Gregotti
The Japanese garden is a very important tool in Japanese architectural design because, not only is a garden traditionally included in any house design, the… — E. J. W. Barber
I am but an architectural composer. — Alexander Jackson Davis

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