Always Quote by Rem Koolhaas

Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect's job to service everyday life.

— Thom Mayne

Architecture is a political act, by nature. It has to do with the relationships between people and how they decide to change their conditions…

— Lebbeus Woods

Architecture has to be greater than just architecture. It has to address social values, as well as technical and aesthetic values. On top of…

— Samuel Mockbee

I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of…

— Tadao Ando

Everyone used to want to be star architects. That's no longer the case.

— Shigeru Ban

Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place and it works over the generations because people…

— Frank Gehry

“Architecture is a fuzzy amalgamation of ancient knowledge and contemporary practice, an awkward way to look at the world and an inadequate medium to…

— Rem Koolhaas

The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than the inspired…

— Victor Hugo

I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.

— I. M. Pei

Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which a judgment…

— Anonymous

Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.

— Spiro Kostof

Somehow, architecture alters the way we think about the world and the way we behave. Any serious architecture, as a litmus test, has to…

— Thom Mayne