Architecture Quote by William McDonough

I cannot pursue my architecture without considering the minimization of energy consumption, simple and direct technologies, a respect for site, climate, place and culture.…

— Glenn Murcutt

Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space ... On the one hand it's about shelter,…

— Zaha Hadid

Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.

— Walter Gropius

Architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. Creative work is expressed in our time as a union of technology and humanity.

— Kenzo Tange

Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the…

— Zaha Hadid

The purpose of architecture is to create an atmosphere in which man can live, work, and enjoy.

— Minoru Yamasaki

Aside from keeping the rain out and producing some usable space, architecture is nothing but a special-effects machine that delights and disturbs the senses.

— Elizabeth Diller

I think architecture has to be a gift.

— Jean Nouvel

The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how…

— Thom Mayne

Architecture is my first love, if you want to talk about what moves me... the ordering of space, the visual pleasure, architecture's power to…

— Barbara Kruger

Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space... On the one hand it's about shelter, but…

— Zaha Hadid

Underwater, I experience space with my body. I'll see a school of fish gathering and moving together and I'll exclaim, 'This is architecture.'

— Antoine Predock