Architecture Quote by Denise Scott Brown

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

“Architecture forms a vital link between people and their surroundings. It acts as a gentle buffer between the fragility of human existence and the…

— Kengo Kuma

Architecture must make connections

— Gottfried Bohm

But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and…

— Thom Mayne

The role of architecture, in terms of communication, is not going to drastically change either.

— Jimenez Lai

Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.

— Toyo Ito

With technology, there is so much isolation with people now, that there are very few places where you can connect.

— Mireille Guiliano

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…

— Rem Koolhaas

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

I see architecture as a form of communication over time.

— Jimenez Lai

The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how…

— Thom Mayne

When you want to do something that is challenging or interesting or new, you never find the place. All the places are obvious or…

— Miuccia Prada