Building Quote by Frank Lloyd Wright

A proper building grows naturally, logically, and poetically out of all its conditions.

— Louis Sullivan

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

— Minoru Yamasaki

Architecture is supposed to complete nature. Great architecture makes nature more beautiful-it gives it power.

— Claudio Silvestrin

Good architecture lets nature in.

— Mario Pei

Beautiful buildings are more than scientific. They are true organisms, spiritually conceived; works of art, using the best technology by inspiration rather than the…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Building becomes architecture only when the mind of man consciously takes it and tries with all his resources to make it beautiful, to put…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Because I live in the countryside, I want a building which encourages me to have a fully formed relationship with the environment. It gives…

— Kevin McCloud

New buildings should fit naturally into their surroundings, both architecturally and historically, without denying or prettifying the concerns of our time

— Gottfried Bohm

Context is so important, not to mimic but to become part of the place. I wanted a building that acknowledges its surroundings.

— David Adjaye

I think buildings should imitate ecological systems.

— Ken Yeang

We try to turn buildings into landscapes - defying the idea of modernism which sees nature and buildings as two distinct elements.

— Ma Yansong

From a sequence of these individual patterns, whole buildings with the character of nature will form themselves within your thoughts, as easily as sentences.

— Christopher Alexander