Ability Quote by Dan Gilbert

I believe buildings are alive, and when you want to make a change, you have to change in the same symphony.

— Benedetta Tagliabue

We've gone through the urban renewal cycle in the '60s and '70s that really did a lot of damage to the fabric of urban…

— David Byrne

This is a pivotal time for urban regeneration. We must take a long term view.

— Richard Rogers

The most dynamic cities have always been immersed in the critical innovations of their time.

— Geoff Mulgan

My goal is always to create something exceptional that enhances cities and enriches the lives of the people who live and work in them.

— Santiago Calatrava

City needs creativity to retain the high performers who have lived there for years as well as to attract new, interesting residents.

— Charles Landry

My studio's passion is improving the public experience of cities for everyone.

— Thomas Heatherwick

Any city may have one period of magnificence, like Boston or New Orleans or San Francisco, but it takes a real one to keep…

— A. J. Liebling

[Urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.

— Manmohan Singh

There's something really interesting about current urbanism: the only model is the universal model, and there is increasingly incapacity to consider the virtues and…

— Rem Koolhaas

Architecture is one of the art forms best able to improve and revitalise cities both artistically and functionally.

— Santiago Calatrava

“Through its complex orchestration of time and space, no less than through the social division of labor, life in the city takes on the…

— Lewis Mumford