"The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy……" — Kevin McCloud
"The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism."
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37 Quotes by Kevin McCloud
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Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy…
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The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an…
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It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but…
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Life involves other people and it is a compromise.
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A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend…
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I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.
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Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just…
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Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800.
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As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is…
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Building design isn't trendy.
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Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.
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Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for…
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More Architectural Quotes
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In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo.
— Tadao Ando
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All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to…
— Tadao Ando
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I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new…
— Tadao Ando
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Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from…
— Tadao Ando
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A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.
— Guillaume Apollinaire
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The fundamental failure of most graphic, product, architectural and even urban design is its insistence on serving the God of…
— Richard Saul Wurman
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...By allowing businesses to expense up to $75,000, it means somebody is more likely to buy a copying machine, or…
— George W. Bush
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The first principle of architectural beauty is that the essential lines of a construction be determined by a perfect appropriateness…
— Gustave Eiffel
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Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of…
— Stephen Bayley
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Free men and women... can think across time, viewing their own lives, inclusive of past, present, and future, as architectural…
— Robert Grudin
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Architecture and architectural freedom are above all a social issue that must be seen from inside a political structure, not…
— Unknown Author
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They couldn't wait to get me out. My dad found my place, my mom helped me pack, and my brother…
— Justine Bateman
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