Building Quote by Cesar Pelli

There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must…

— Jane Jacobs

I happen to love buildings, and my passion is bringing people together.

— Adam Neumann

All buildings, large or small, public or private, have a public face, a facade; they therefore, without exception, have a positive or negative effect…

— Leon Krier

Buildings for me represent opportunities of agency, transformation, and storytelling. They are not just artifacts. There is this big tradition of buildings-as-artifacts - constructed…

— David Adjaye

We make our buildings, and then our buildings make and shape us.

— Winston Churchill

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

Cities have become places where we are controlled, by CCTV and other means, in the same way as machines are controlled. My works provide…

— Antony Gormley

“The notion of buildings that speak helps us to place at the very centre of our architectural conundrums the question of the values we…

— Alain de Botton

Architecture is the very mirror of life.You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit…

— I. M. Pei

Who I am as an architect and the history of my work - that's clear to anybody who hires me. But I come in…

— Thom Mayne

Architecture is an imposed art in some ways, imposed upon the public, so people must be sure about what you're doing. You have to…

— Renzo Piano

I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning

— Kenzo Tange