Buildings Quote by Munira Mirza Download Open image “There is a sense of civic connection to the city when you light up iconic buildings or sites.” — Munira Mirza ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Buildings Buildings Sites City City Light Civic Connection Connection Iconic Buildings Light Light Iconic Up
A street full of electric light is a sign of civic failure and is an insulting injury to the soul. Shutting out the night… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Cities are erected on spiritual columns. Like giant mirrors, they reflect the hearts of their residents. If those hearts darken and lose faith, cities… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When civic leaders are in love with their cities they are listened to; they are credible. — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
“A city sparkles in the night How can it glow so bright? The neighborhoods surround the soft florescent light Designer skyline in my head… — Owl City Copy Share Image
Modern buildings have become memorials to power and capital. More and more, they're isolated from people. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
The true measure of a city is its soul. This is the restless energy that doesn't wait for political leadership. — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco Copy Share Image
“And visitors say: how does such a big city exist? What keeps it going? Since it's got a river you can chew, where does… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Infrastructure creates the form of a city and enables life to go on in a city, in a certain way. — Paul Goldberger Copy Share Image
Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense… — Minoru Yamasaki Copy Share Image
I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens. — Cesar Pelli Copy Share Image
There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
The growth of race relations management, diversity training and 'promoting good relations' has come at a cost. We are more sensitized to racism, yet… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Studying art history is actually one of the few ways of getting a good job in the arts sector. It's hard to be a… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
By appeasing the anti-racism lobby and affirming its culture of grievance, public institutions and business leaders are not making Britain a fairer place. In… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
It's important that we challenge the culture of low expectations. You need to believe every child can do well. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
If white people are constantly told how culturally different their Asian neighbors are, and if Asians are told to be vigilant against white racism,… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
But I do love working for Boris because he never stops. He's always fizzing with good ideas, and when you are looking after culture,… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Islamist groups have gained influence at local and national level by playing the politics of identity and demanding for Muslims the 'right to be… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
At the same time women are putting on the headscarf, they are also going to work, to education, increasingly vocal in the media -… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
The idea that Veronica Wadley has no artistic credibility is just crazy. She has a strong reputation and when she was editor of the… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
I've argued for a much less instrumentalist politicized approach, freeing up the arts and enabling them to deliver high-quality projects. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Often, when art from the canon is brought in to fine art classes, it is used as a prop to inspire art-making projects but… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
For many there is a degree of constancy in our culture; London won't let you down. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
I always thought if I was born 2000 years earlier, I would be a monk, probably carving a monastery or some giant pantheon buildings. — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
Seoul will strictly limit the total greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and expand the construction of zero-energy buildings. — Park Won-soon Copy Share Image
I grew up in a big sky country. Then I lived in Manhattan, where you can only see the sky between buildings, and then… — Linda Ronstadt Copy Share Image
The human animal originally came from out-of-doors. When spring begins to move in his bones, he just must get out again. Moreover, as civilization,… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“The structure of life I have described in buildings - the structure which I believe to be objective - is deeply and inextricably connected… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
Extreme weather threatens our energy and electric grid, federal buildings, transportation infrastructure, access to natural resources, public health, our relationships across the globe, and… — Matt Cartwright Copy Share Image
In New York, we're always confined with spaces. Our restaurants are difficult to navigate as cooks and to operate. We fight against the buildings… — David Chang Copy Share Image
Most buildings, whether they're Gothic cathedrals or Romanesque ones, were high tech for their time. — Richard Rogers Copy Share Image
I don't like to talk about sustainability, because sometimes I see green buildings that don't appear any different from those in the past. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
Once I tried to make a standardization of staircases. Probably that is one of the oldest of the standardizations. Of course, we design new… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
My buildings will be my legacy... they will speak for me long after I'm gone. — Julia Morgan Copy Share Image