Quotes About Architecture

My father was an architect.

I actually feel like a very traditional architect.

I tell people I would like to have been an architect. I like the creative aspect of that. I like the idea of something on a piece of paper coming to life.

It is no use working with other architects. What can they do? Who does what?

I think architects design outside in. Or they design basically outside. They don't get in the building anymore.

Mr. Koons's work has always inspired architects, which I think is very interesting. I think he is an artist who has reinvented himself so many times and reinvented so many different series.

In the U.K., architects train for five years, and they spend one day on sound.

Architects think that beauty is a crime.

There will never be great architects or architecture without great patrons.

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

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

I like the architecture of lingerie.

I am involved in the architecture of space.

Great architecture of the past was always clear. SFMOMA is still a simple building to understand.

Architecture is a special kind of career that showcases the accumulations of culture, time, and history.

The Ariake Arena is stunningly beautiful.

In art school, it was about feeling. In architecture school, it was about ideas.

Ultimately, the artistic part of architecture has always interested me.

Spain, the country for castles in the air!" I

Lucien vit le Palais dans toute sa beauté primitive. La colonnade fut svelte, jeune, fraîche. La demeure de saint Louis reparut telle qu'elle fut, il en admirait les proportions babyloniennes et les fantaisies orientales. Il accepta cette vue sublime comme un poétique adieu de la création civilisée.

Lo que primero llamaba la atención era la ausencia total de muebles, lo cual era posible gracias a la utilización sistemática de pequeñas diferencias de nivel a la altura del suelo. De este modo, las zonas destinadas a dormitorios eran excavaciones rectangulares de cuarenta centímetros de profundidad: uno bajaba a la cama en vez de subirte a ella. Las bañeras eran igualmente grandes pilas redondas cuyo reborde estaba situado a ras de suelo.

Architecture is the very mirror of life. You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society.

I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.

Life is architecture and architecture is the mirror of life.