Architecture Quote by Tadao Ando

If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the…

— Minoru Yamasaki

Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside…

— Tadao Ando

Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.

— Minoru Yamasaki

Doing anything in Japan as a sort of architecture - related project is just fantastic because they do everything so perfectly and so quickly.…

— Marc Newson

Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although…

— Tadao Ando

When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in…

— Tadao Ando

After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing…

— Harry Seidler

Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.

— Stephen Gardiner

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.

— Tadao Ando

Writing generally, it may be said that in design, roof, and general aspect, Japanese Buddhist temples are all alike. The sacred architectural idea expresses…

— Isabella Bird

The Japanese are virtuosos. They make just the little accent that makes all the difference. So much there is so beautiful - just a…

— Jane Jacobs

In a traditional Japanese or Chinese garden, it's not only about the building or temple but about the whole setup - the structure, the…

— Ma Yansong