Building 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

The design of good houses requires an understanding of both the construction materials and the behavior of real humans.

— Peter Morville

A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function

— Gottfried Bohm

Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be

— Curtis W. Fentress

“A building has integrity, just as a man and just as seldom! It must be true to its own idea, have its own form,…

— Ayn Rand

In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction.

— Peter Zumthor

The first thing that an architect must do is to sense that every building you build is a world of its own, and that…

— Louis Kahn

“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

“Think of facts and figures as bricks and cement, and science or scientific understanding as a building. Without the vision of the architect, it's…

— Abhijit Naskar

I object to the hegemony of form in contemporary architecture. We have very advanced technological tools, but ultimately, we create buildings exactly like we…

— Neri Oxman

A truly great structure, one that is meant to stand the tests of time, never disregards its environment. A serious architect takes that into…

— Christopher Plummer

We need learn what we need to learn, know what we need to know, and do what we need to do.

— Thomas S. Monson