421 Architecture Quotes for You to Enjoy

There's no architect who doesn't want to build a library - and I am no different. With so much scrutiny now attached to reading - because of technology and how we approach it as a social activity - that is a very exciting area in architecture. Annabelle Selldorf

I'm not an interior decorator; I'm a designer, and that includes the architecture. The package must be strong and controlled, the rooms aligned, and the windows positioned to make sense with the furniture. Fluff it up, and you've got big trouble. Anouska Hempel

Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had freedom of maneuver that he wouldn't have as King. The first subject he really went for was architecture. It made an impact. Anthony Holden

Architecture is a ride - a physical ride and an intellectual ride. Antoine Predock

Architecture Ride Physical Intellectual

The body moves through space every day, and in architecture in cities that can be orchestrated. Not in a dictatorial fashion, but in a way of creating options, open-ended sort of personal itineraries within a building. And I see that as akin to cinematography or choreography, where episodic movement, episodic moments, occur in dance and film. Antoine Predock

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A building that has great environmental responsibility is a political animal in a way because it becomes promotional of a cause. I think that kind of advocacy through architecture is really good. Antoine Predock

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And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture. Arne Jacobsen

Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life. Arne Jacobsen

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I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly. Arne Jacobsen

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Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture. Arthur Erickson

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

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The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe. Arthur Erickson

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The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning. Arthur Erickson

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We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward. Arthur Erickson

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I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year. Barry Mann

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When you found a company, you have the original vision, you make all the original decisions, you know every employee, you kind of know every aspect of the product architecture and its limitations. Ben Horowitz

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I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret. Bernard Tschumi

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I believe that architecture, as anything else in life, is evolutionary. Ideas evolve; they don't come from outer space and crash into the drawing board. Bjarke Ingels

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People outside the profession of architecture perhaps often lack the understanding of how their physical environment comes into being. What are the processes, the concerns and considerations? What are the parameters that shape the world around them? Bjarke Ingels

Architecture is restricted to such a limited vocabulary. A building is either a high-rise or a perimeter block or a town house. Bjarke Ingels

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I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work. Bob Dylan

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The show is called 'The Office,' and while it focuses on the people, the architecture of the space is very important. Brian Baumgartner

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