Architecture Quote by Jonathan Hale

“When the old way of seeing was displaced, a hollowness came into architecture. Our buildings show a constant effort to fill that void, to…

— Jonathan Hale

Architecture is the very mirror of life.You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit…

— I. M. Pei

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

“If we close our eyes and take a deep breath, and summon meaningful memories, we quickly notice that they are tied to a specific…

— Sarah Robinson

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

— David Adjaye

The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of…

— John Green

The space within becomes the reality of the building.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

“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 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

Think about what happens when architecture becomes ruins. All you have left are some little columns on a cliff, but it's still such an…

— Santiago Calatrava

The sense of space within the reality of any building is a new concept wherever architecture is concerned. But it is essential ancient principle…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

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