Cement Quote by Le Corbusier

When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Planners are guided by principles derived from the…

— Jane Jacobs

“The city planning profession’s historic concern with the physical environment has warped its ability to see physical structures and land as servants to those…

— Paul Davidoff

Urban planning should be done with the mindset that we are determining the city's fabric for 100 years to come.

— Park Won-soon

“The built environment is shaped not only by private sector development pratices, but also by the honored and fascinating field of planning. Planners in…

— Melissa Everett

There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must…

— Jane Jacobs

As architects we are often involved in the concrete-steel-and-glass aspect of it, but cities are social structures, and to be involved in imagining the…

— Michael Arad

“Architecture and urban design, both in their formal and spatial aspects, are seen as fundamentally configurational in that the way the parts are put…

— Bill Hillier

Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.

— Cate Blanchett

Cities and landscapes are illustrations of our spiritual and material worth. They not only express our values but give them a tangible reality. They…

— Leon Krier

Cities are the origins of global warming, impact on the environment, health, pollution, disease, finance, economies, energy are all problems that are confronted by…

— Geoffrey West

Cities are complex and contain just about any thing or concept ever invented by humans. How the city is built, its topography, and how…

— Jens Martin Skibsted

Planning is for the world's great cities, for Paris, London, and Rome, for cities dedicated, at some level, to culture. Detroit, on the other…

— Jeffrey Eugenides