Blank Quote by Jonathan Meades

Building is just skilled labor, I suppose. It's a lot of work. I don't mind other people building them, but the way things go…

— Donald Judd

Indeed, an engineer designing a structure is not unlike an artist painting one. Both start with nothing but talent, experience, and inspiration. The fresh…

— Henry Petroski

Architecture isn't just about creating new buildings, sometimes its about retuning what's already there..

— John Pawson

Because, if we understand how a building is to be produced and we find a way that it can be more simply produced, then…

— Minoru Yamasaki

There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple.

— Frank Gehry

A lot of people don't understand the building phase. They don't have the blueprint, but we do. With us having the blueprint and knowing…

— B.J. The Chicago Kid

Building design isn't trendy.

— Kevin McCloud

Because so few people make an actual long term commitment to what they're building, the ones that do have a huge advantage.

— Sam Altman

In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It's so wasteful. Why not use what's there?

— Nellie McKay

Architects are not clients. We can't build without something to built.

— Richard Rogers

It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so…

— Helmut Jahn

When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.

— Anonymous