Building Quote by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of old? Where else can we find such unity of material, construction…

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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

Some ruins of ancient times are much more beautiful than the best buildings of modern eras!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Our beautiful old buildings tell us so much about who we are.

— George Clarke

“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

I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I…

— Peter Zumthor

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that…

— Carl Sandburg

Personally, one of the greatest sources of inspiration for my work has been architecture. I've had the chance to see so many exquisite structures,…

— Gauri Khan

“Ruins. Places built up by man, painstaking, sometimes over centuries. Layer upon layer of human experience, history, and art, represented in stone and wood…

— wildbow

When you look on one of your contemporary 'good copies' of historical remains, ask yourself the question: Not what style, but in what civilization…

— Louis Sullivan

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

“I wanted to learn more about its past but felt this overwhelming need to leave. I remember hearing somewhere that buildings can hold memories…

— Hadinet Tekie