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I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces, which I enjoyed very much. Parker Stevenson

School Architects New Known Very Five Wall Articulation Did York New York Which Much Compared Comparison Enjoyed

The magic was in the Marshall Plan itself. It provided an opportunity for appealing and constructive work. In a sense, the mission chiefs were given the opportunity to help act as architects for the new Europe that was envisioned. Paul Hoffman

Architects design houses. I live in a home. Peter Eisenman

Home Live Design Architects Houses

I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have worked closely with Tony Blair and the team for nearly 20 years. Peter Mandelson

Better Tony Blair Too Worse Architects Blair New Principal Because Been Years Labour Closely Worked Team Nearly Tony

I loathe when architects only analyze architecture in intellectual, nonvisual ways. I really love direct response, and that's very pop. I don't want to discuss abstract transparencies with a bunch of kooks. Peter Marino

Love Architecture Loathe Analyze Ways Response Direct Architects Only Abstract Intellectual Very Bunch Discuss Want Really Pop

Normally, architects render a service. They implement what other people want. This is not what I do. I like to develop the use of the building together with the client, in a process, so that as we go along we become more intelligent. Peter Zumthor

All architects want to live beyond their deaths. Philip Johnson

Death Live Architects Beyond Deaths Want

If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect. Philip Johnson

Good Arrogant Architect Architects Know Were Modest

May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good. Ralph Thomas Walker

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Architects design buildings; that's what we do, so we have to go with the flow; and, even though I'm still an old Leftie, global capitalism does have its good side. It's broken down barriers - the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union - it's raised a lot of people up economically, and for architects, it has meant that we can work around the world. Richard Rogers

Work Good Broken Capitalism People World Old Berlin Wall Down Design Side Though Berlin Architects Economically Global Around Buildings Does Still Go Lot Up Wall Soviet Soviet Union Meant Union Barriers Even Flow Raised

Clearly, private developers can have different aims, and architects can only play a certain role. You can have some pretty big battles on public commissions, too. The key is to have a good client. Richard Rogers

It's my observation that gardeners and gardening for a very long time have had to take a back seat. Architects are very famous; they've got huge projects. What goes on in and around them has been relegated to a very minor role. Robert Irwin

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Western governments have generally tried to contain genocide by appeasing its architects. But the sad record of the last century shows that the walls the United States tries to build around genocidal societies almost inevitably shatter. Samantha Power

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Brands must become architects of community. Simon Mainwaring

Become Community Must Architects Brands

Companies and their brands need to reach out and speak directly to consumers, to honor their values, and to form meaningful relationships with them. They must become architects of community, consistently demonstrating the values that their customer community expects in exchange for their loyalty and purchases. Simon Mainwaring

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Some architects, such as John Lautner, never really did anything other than houses. His entire portfolio is basically residential. There's nothing wrong with that. Steven Holl

Nothing Other John Some Entire Architects Never Wrong Houses His Than Did Anything Really Residential Portfolio Basically

I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody expects architects to have these grand visions any more. Thom Mayne

Today Architecture World Impossible Visions Architects More Could Had Absurd Idea Nobody Heal Expects Any Often Grand Modernist Old-Fashioned

The development of the New Architecture encountered serious obstacles at a very early stage of its development. Conflicting theories and the dogmas enunciated in architects' personal manifestos all helped to confuse the main issue. Walter Gropius

Architecture Stage Confuse Architects Main Development New Obstacles Issue Encountered Very Personal Conflicting Theories Helped Serious Early

When you are overworked and exhausted, there is a sense of kind of delirium and that's why I think architects do all-nighters and they kind of do those deadlines. For four days I remember doing four nights in one row with no sleep. I mean nobody, unless you are crazy, would do that, but you are totally focused on the project. Zaha Hadid

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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong. Zaha Hadid

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Many of the architects I admire have given the best of themselves as they mature. I'm hoping to do the same. Santiago Calatrava

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