Aims Quote by Richard Rogers

Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to…

— Philip Johnson

I'm particularly interested in the public role that all buildings play. I believe that we architects should try to go beyond our basic obligations…

— Cesar Pelli

Architects are not clients. We can't build without something to built.

— Richard Rogers

All clients think that they are architects.

— Annabelle Selldorf

Some architects think of clients only as sources of work and income but most good architecture is in fact the result of successful design…

— Roger K. Lewis

Architects work in two ways. One is to respond precisely to a client's needs or demands. Another is to look at what the client…

— Rem Koolhaas

Normally, architects render a service. They implement what other people want. This is not what I do. I like to develop the use of…

— Peter Zumthor

The goal of a private company is, first, zero to one: Get past the product-market fit; figure out whether people actually care about what…

— Chamath Palihapitiya

It's most satisfying to have an effect on the public realm - deep down I think it's what every architect wants to do.

— Greg Lynn

We like being private because when there is a downturn, as in 2001 and 2008, we do not reduce people. Also, we have flat…

— Richard Edelman

Often, architects work too hard trying to make their buildings look different. It's like we're actors let loose on a stage, all speaking our…

— David Chipperfield

I understand that, today, some developers are asking architects to design eye-catching, iconic buildings. Fortunately, I've not had that kind of client so far.

— Fumihiko Maki