Bigs Quote by Zaha Hadid

It takes great effort to build something, but it only takes an instant to destroy it.

— Senora Roy

Because, if we understand how a building is to be produced and we find a way that it can be more simply produced, then…

— Minoru Yamasaki

My projects have typically taken a long time to complete. Buildings might take on average about five to seven years to finish, but in…

— I. M. Pei

It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.

— Norman Foster

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

— Arthur Erickson

Building is just skilled labor, I suppose. It's a lot of work. I don't mind other people building them, but the way things go…

— Donald Judd

Architecture isn't just about creating new buildings, sometimes its about retuning what's already there..

— John Pawson

I think we need to question this idea that architecture is about making buildings. Actually, a building is about the most expensive solution you…

— Suman Rai

When you design a building, you start from a general philosophy, and you come down, and you start from detail and come up. Only…

— Renzo Piano

Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be

— Curtis W. Fentress

It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so…

— Helmut Jahn

Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower.

— Richard Rogers