Buildings Quote by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

— Minoru Yamasaki

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

— Gottfried Bohm

Modern buildings have become memorials to power and capital. More and more, they're isolated from people.

— Ma Yansong

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

“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

There is one timeless way of building. It is a thousand years old, and the same today as it has ever been. The great…

— Christopher Alexander

Buildings are storytellers. They teach us about our history, good and bad. They tell stories about people.

— George Clarke

Buildings are tools to reach people, raise disciples, reach students, train up our kids, heal marriages and families and worship God.

— Kevin Myers

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

You cut a hole in the building and people can look inside and see the way other people really lived.. it's making space without…

— Gordon Matta-Clark

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

The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture TO MOVE US.

— Le Corbusier