Architecture Quote by Ken Yeang

I think buildings should imitate ecological systems.

— Ken Yeang

Architecture must concern itself continually with the socially beneficial distortion of the environment.

— Cedric Price

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

I wish we could make buildings that could constantly explode and come back in different ways. The idea of a changing environment suggests that…

— Vito Acconci

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

— Gottfried Bohm

Buildings are deeply emotive structures which form our psyche. People think they're just things they maneuver through, but the makeup of a person is…

— David Adjaye

I just want to build the best buildings. It's not about me, it's about the buildings, creating a space where society can gather and…

— Santiago Calatrava

There is no ecological architecture, no intelligent architecture and no sustainable architecture - there is only good architecture. There are always problems we must…

— Eduardo Souto de Moura

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

Architecture is the constant fight between man and nature, the fight to overwhelm nature, to possess it. The first act of architecture is to…

— Mario Botta

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

If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture...

— Oscar Wilde