Able Quote by Zaha Hadid

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.

— Philip Johnson

If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter…

— Peter Zumthor

People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years: using whatever is available to build shelter. If you ponder what could be…

— Dan Phillips

Fences and walls can be effective and even soothing, at least for those who build them.

— Richard Engel

My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.

— Luis Barragan

All architecture, which does not express serenity, fails in its spiritual mission. Thus, it has been a mistake to abandon the shelter of walls…

— Luis Barragan

A house is more than just a shelter; that it is a way of improving your way of life.

— William Krisel

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

My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if…

— Vera Wang

The rooms that are lived in are the ones we find most comforting.

— Alexandra Stoddard

The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of…

— John Green

I look at camping the same way I look at horror movies. All the years that humans fought to get into caves and into…

— Chuck Klosterman