Buildings Quote by Thomas Heatherwick

Beautiful buildings are more than scientific. They are true organisms, spiritually conceived; works of art, using the best technology by inspiration rather than the…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

I love buildings that aren't purpose-built.

— Miranda Otto

Buildings are deeply emotive structures which form our psyche. People think they're just things they maneuver through, but the makeup of a person is…

— David Adjaye

“It's foolish to trump up stories about how primitive humans built pyramids, stone henge or other ancient giant structures. The only logical explanation is...those…

— Toba Beta

Architecture is what nature cannot make. Architecture is something unnatural but not something made up.

— Louis Kahn

In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction.

— Peter Zumthor

Buildings have been made because of man.

— Leon Battista Alberti

I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I…

— Peter Zumthor

Most of the wonderful places in the world were not made by architects but by the people.

— Christopher Alexander

There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last

— Roger Scruton

When you build a beautiful building, people love it. And the most sustainable building in the world is the one that’s loved.

— Cameron Sinclair

I think a lot of people have the Frank Lloyd Wright model in their brains. The architect comes in with this act of creation…

— Thom Mayne