Architecture Quote by David Adjaye

I have approached the buildings as psychological and poetic manifestations - rather than from the more technical viewpoints of the architect and historian (which…

— Clarence John Laughlin

When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that,…

— Tadao Ando

Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space ... On the one hand it's about shelter,…

— Zaha Hadid

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

— Minoru Yamasaki

The character of the architectural forms and spaces which all people habitually encounter are powerful agencies in determining the nature of their thoughts, their…

— Hugh Ferriss

Architects are mostly self-centered and their buildings express their ego. [They are] not social buildings to make it more comfortable for people - to…

— Jacque Fresco

“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

I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of…

— Tadao Ando

Buildings are storytellers. They teach us about our history, good and bad. They tell stories about people.

— George Clarke

I think architecture is one of the predominant orderings of social space. It can construct and contain our experiences. It defines our days and…

— Barbara Kruger

Buildings in modern cities have lost their metaphoric aspect. Much contemporary architecture is very fragmented and busy on the outside. It's like a skin…

— Mario Botta