Architectural Quotes

104 quotes by 84 authors

I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I went into… — Ice Cube
Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression. — Arthur Erickson
I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality. — Zaha Hadid
People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok. — Zaha Hadid
Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort… — Zaha Hadid
Maybe, just maybe, we shall at last come to care for the most important, most challenging, surely the most satisfying of all architectural creations: building… — Philip Johnson
Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the acceleration of culture and the… — Rem Koolhaas
Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want… — Maya Lin
Supply and demand regulate architectural form. — Adolf Loos
It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it. — Edvard Munch
New York being what it is, our museums are vertical, not horizontal. That means the stumbling blocks to architectural clarity are unavoidable - but certainly… — Jerry Saltz
If you get hold of a head of hair on somebody you've never seen before, cut beautiful shapes, cut beautiful architectural angles and she walks… — Vidal Sassoon
We learned to put discipline in the haircuts by using actual geometry, actual architectural shapes and bone structure. The cut had to be perfect and… — Vidal Sassoon
I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal… — Ai Weiwei
All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Always beware an unsigned architectural design. — Martin Filler
Although prefabrication has a long history - the ancient Romans shipped pre-cut stone columns, pediments, and other architectural elements to their colonies in North Africa,… — Martin Filler
Architectural kitsch is most common in the commercial pop vernacular - typified by the Big Duck of 1931 in Flanders, New York, a Long Island… — Martin Filler
Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers's Centre Georges Pompidou of 1971-1977 - the true prototype of the modern museum as popular architectural spectacle - wound up… — Martin Filler
The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's highlights whatever else… — Martin Filler

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