1028 quotes by architects for you to enjoy

Many architects say that they will never do a bridge. But I think they will discover that just as Fallingwater is a piece of art, so Golden Gate is a piece of art of the 20th century. Santiago Calatrava

Art Will Think I Think Say Architects Never Piece Discover Just Golden Century Many Bridge Gate

I visited Notre Dame at 11 in the morning and the sun was entering through the south rose window, it was so impressive. This is when architecture can be king and give people sensations, like music. Santiago Calatrava

Music Morning People Architecture King Rose Sun Entering Visited Window Give Through Like South Impressive Sensations Notre Dame Dame

When I work on sculpture, I don't have to worry about function. When I work on a piece of architecture, I must think about function all the time. Santiago Calatrava

Work Time Architecture Think Worry Must About Piece Sculpture Function

The difference between architecture and engineering comes in only with the creation of schools. It's a bureaucratic distinction. The result of both disciplines is the construction of objects in a landscape. Santiago Calatrava

Construction Architecture Result Creation Engineering Distinction Objects Only Both Between Schools Disciplines Bureaucratic Difference Landscape

Architecture is a code. It's a pure code, derived from the dimensions of nature. Santiago Calatrava

Nature Architecture Pure Dimensions Derived Code

Architecture is a wrapping for the human body, and dance is the finest expression of the body. Santiago Calatrava

Architecture Dance Wrapping Finest Human Human Body Body Expression

Architecture is one of the art forms best able to improve and revitalise cities both artistically and functionally. Santiago Calatrava

Art Best Architecture Cities Able Both Art Forms Improve Forms

Bridges join places that were separated. They are built for the sake of progress and for the average citizen. They even have a religious dimension. Even the word 'religious' comes from the Latin, meaning 'creating a link.' Santiago Calatrava

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I think it is important to build for people, and to deliver this message of hope: through good construction and a certain sense of progression, a better understanding of each other can be achieved. Santiago Calatrava

The best is to go into a train station that I've built and buy a ticket. The guy in the ticket booth might recognize me, which is a marvelous feeling, but it might be that he doesn't and I go in like any other passenger, except that I enter with a critical eye, looking to see how it's held up. Santiago Calatrava

Buy Best Me Feeling Looking Other Station Enter Recognize Booth Eye Critical See Guy Marvelous Except He Like Ticket Built How Passenger Go Up Train Any Which Might Held

What I do is the opposite of building walls. I build bridges. A bridge is something that connects instead of separating. Santiago Calatrava

Walls Build Building Something Instead Opposite Separating Bridge Bridges Connects

The Huashan project is a clear example of how an urban element, key to the successful growth of the city, can at the same time improve the quality of life for its citizens, thanks to an integration of all three bridges and the creation of boulevards on the banks of the canal. Santiago Calatrava

Life Time Quality Key Three Example Thanks Creation Project Citizens City Clear Quality Of Life How Integration Improve Canal Same Same Time Banks Urban Successful Bridges Element Growth