Construction Quote by Doris McCarthy

A vision is not something we make up, it's something we are MADE OF.

— Derek Rydall

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

— Minoru Yamasaki

It's not my duty as an architect to look at it

— Zaha Hadid

Sometimes, I think the things we see are shadows of the things to be; that what we plan we build

— Phoebe Cary

When a builder builds he clears the ground for his new foundations. Then he sees that the basic structure will support the whole. Should…

— Christmas Humphreys

So while it seemed like you were seeing everything, you really weren't. Just bits and pieces that looked like a whole.

— Sarah Dessen

I stared hard, trying to find a pattern. Thinking if I kept looking hard enough, maybe the pieces of the world would fit back…

— Carol Rifka Brunt

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

In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction.

— Peter Zumthor

The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture TO MOVE US.

— Le Corbusier

To be a carpenter or a builder or a home inspector, you have to have that kind of visual brain where you can sort…

— Nick Petrie

If you look at the buildings, you'll find that one part looks as if it was designed by one man, and you go around…

— Minoru Yamasaki