Architecture Quote by Ma Yansong

The architecture scene in China is the most open and free climate compared to many other places. You can find many opportunities.

— Ma Yansong

I think you need to, as an architect, understand the essence of a place and create a building that feels like it resonates with…

— Moshe Safdie

I grew up in Beijing, and there weren't many modern buildings during my childhood. I was influenced by traditional culture - the courtyards, the…

— Ma Yansong

Architecture is not a private affair; even a house must serve a whole family and its friends, and most buildings are used by everybody,…

— Anonymous

Good buildings make and are made by their settings, and they are appropriately different in different locations. Climate, culture, topography and materials have helped…

— Jaquelin T. Robertson

Too many architects are just trying to make all of their buildings look like a brand, and that may be good for business, but…

— Cesar Pelli

When you want to do something that is challenging or interesting or new, you never find the place. All the places are obvious or…

— Miuccia Prada

In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want…

— Bjarke Ingels

Chinese architecture has a complete organic structure; it contains both sensibility and purpose.

— Wu Guanzhong

One of the dilemmas of architecture in general is that there is a Catch-22 - you can't actually get to be commissioned to do…

— Bjarke Ingels

Architects are mostly self-centered and their buildings express their ego. [They are] not social buildings to make it more comfortable for people - to…

— Jacque Fresco

Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space... On the one hand it's about shelter, but…

— Zaha Hadid