Architecture Quotes

1029 Architecture quotes by 506 unique authors

As more and more architecture is finally unmasked as the mere organization of flow—shopping centers, airports—it is evident that circulation is what makes or breaks… — Rem Koolhaas
In this branch of utopian real estate, architecture is no longer the art of designing buildings so much as the brutal skyward extrusion of whatever… — Rem Koolhaas
Architecture is art, but art vastly contaminated by many other things. Contaminated in the best sense of the word – fed, fertilised by many things. — Renzo Piano
Architecture is art. I don't think you should say that too much, but it is art. I mean, architecture is many, many things. Architecture is… — Renzo Piano
I love a lot of things, and I'm pretty much obsessive about most things I do, whether it be gardening, or architecture, or music. I'd… — Gates McFadden
I went to art school in Chicago for a year at Columbia College. I had this whole master plan of getting into sustainable development and… — Unknown Author
The book recounts stories from my half-century of experience in the world of architecture and my journey of discovery of the importance of considering humans… — Unknown Author
You could say that my aim is ‘to recover the place’. The place is a result of nature and time; this is the most important… — Kengo Kuma
It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution. — Le Corbusier
Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light; light and… — Le Corbusier
Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of the old. Where else can we find such unity of material, construction… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work. Let us lead them into the healthy world… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architecture has the power to create order out of unholy confusion. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance man’s life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence, — Eero Saarinen
What you newspaper and magazine writers, who work in rabbit time, don't understand is that the practice of architecture has to be measured in elephant… — Eero Saarinen
Architecture is life, or at least it is life itself taking form and therefore it is the truest record of life as it was lived… — Frank Lloyd Wright
Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. — Frank Lloyd Wright
So here I stand before you preaching organic architecture: declaring organic architecture to be the modern ideal and the teaching so much needed if we… — Frank Lloyd Wright
The ultimate aim of all artistic activity is building! ... Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all get back to craft! ... The artist is a… — Walter Gropius
A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of authentic democracy. — Walter Gropius
Greek architecture taught me that the column is where the light is not, and the space between is where the light is. It is a… — Louis Kahn
Architecture is the thoughtful making of space — Louis Kahn
I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly enter the world of curves and straight lines offered… — Oscar Niemeyer
Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can make life better. — Oscar Niemeyer

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