Architect Quote by Norman Foster Download Open image “If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.” — Norman Foster ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Architect Architecture Ifs Impossible Optimist Would be
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Didn't think her vision was consistent with the ORC, especially the way the Council wishes to work with the ORC. For example, with regard… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown. — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
Everything we design is a response to the specific climate and culture of a particular place. — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
Manhattan, one of the most moneyed spots on the planet, also has one of the greatest concentrations of people in its skyscrapers. It's also,… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
There's a snobbery at work in architecture. The subject is too often treated as a fine art, delicately wrapped in mumbo-jumbo. In reality, it's… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
Every time I've flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I've learned something new that can be applied… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit. — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
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I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just about anywhere. — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity ... — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
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