Buildings Quote by Walter Gropius

That is the way to lay the city flat, To bring the roof to the foundation, And bury all, which yet distinctly ranges, In…

— William Shakespeare

Find a nice, self sufficient hilltop, and fortify it.

— John Wyndham

As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved health and…

— Diane Ackerman

“We thought to build us houses, we desired gardens with terraces, for we wanted to look out upon the sea and to feel the…

— Erich Maria Remarque

“Will the roofs of new buildings be vegetated? If not, why not?”

— Tom Turner

Nowadays almost all man's improvements, so called, as the building of houses and the cutting down of the forest and of all large trees,…

— Henry David Thoreau

Landscape planners will have the opportunity to make sculptured roofscapes, so that cities appear to be verdant hills and valleys. Streets will become shady…

— Tom Turner

In order to battle gravity and keep a house standing, there must be solid support from the top of the roof, all the way…

— Bryan Baeumler

“Parks, plazas, gardens, and rooftops are culture-producing places, not merely place for retreat. Sidewalks and bridges become ends in themselves instead of just a…

— Sally A. Kitt Chappell

In the early work of Frank Lloyd Wright - and you can also see it with Mies - they make new ground by raising…

— Ben van Berkel

We've patched some roofs, cut a lot of trees and cleared roads, and we've given out a lot of food and water and ice.

— John Wilkes

To allow millions of people to live together on limited land, we have to go to the sky; we have to build a high…

— Ma Yansong