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- High among the unpredictable variables that endanger the survival of worthy buildings are the vagaries of taste.
- Cost overruns are not uncommon in architecture, particularly for designs that depart from structural or technological norms, or demand a finer quality of execution than…
- Experimental architecture by its very nature is more prone to the depredations of time and natural elements than buildings made from conventional materials through traditional…
- One of the stated goals of the postmodern movement in architecture was a greater sensitivity to the people who live in or use newly designed…
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- On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of first responders heroically rushed to the scene and saved tens of thousands of lives. More than… — Michael Bloomberg
- You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those… — Michael Bloomberg
- On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in… — Nellie Bly
- For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to hear the… — Andrea Bocelli
- I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind… — Joyce Brothers
- They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her… — Sitting Bull
- Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of admiration -… — Julie Burchill
- Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel,… — George W. Bush
- I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear… — George W. Bush
- It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel… — Christopher Alexander
- Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other. — Herb Caen
- There is one timeless way of building. It is a thousand years old, and the same today as it has ever been.… — Christopher Alexander