Building Quote by Martin Filler

The chief characteristics of the tall building is that it is lofty. It must be every inch a proud and soaring thing, rising in…

— Louis Sullivan

“Appropriately enough, in the years following Pulitzer’s coup, the term “skyscraper” first gained common currency. It was not a novel word, having had a…

— Mike Wallace

The skyscrapers began to rise again, frailly massive, elegantly utilitarian, images in their grace, audacity and inconclusiveness, of the whole character of the people…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

I think it's necessary to evaluate a skyscraper at multiple scales, since that's how we experience it: from right next to it on the…

— Paul Goldberger

The relative majesty of buildings depends more on the weight and vigour of their masses than any other tribute of their design.

— John Ruskin

Right after 9/11 it looked as if the idea of a huge skyscraper might be considered obsolete. It came back, but I think that's…

— Paul Goldberger

New York is vertical - all skyscrapers.

— Tony Scott

But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral,…

— Minoru Yamasaki

A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its height but…

— George Gershwin

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

— Minoru Yamasaki

Architecture is the alphabet of giants; it is the largest set of symbols ever made to meet the eyes of men. A tower stands…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

There's a kind of beauty to a skyscraper.

— Lisa Joy