One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These humble wonders of incredible imagination of architects that were obviously not living in places like Paris or London, but they've created these amazing churches. -Andre Leon Talley Architecture
Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning. -Rem Koolhaas Architecture
There's a snobbery at work in architecture. The subject is too often treated as a fine art, delicately wrapped in mumbo-jumbo. In reality, it's an all-embracing discipline taking in science, art, maths, engineering, climate, nature, politics, economics. -Norman Foster Architecture
I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture. -Ai Weiwei Architecture
Architecture is a rare collective profession: it's always exercised by groups. There is an essential modesty, which is a complete contradiction to the notion of a star. -Rem Koolhaas Architecture
Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser. -Steven Holl Architecture
You don't have to spend much time in Shanghai before you start to get all existential about the meaning of authenticity. Did you know that Shanghai is building nine satellite towns, each designed to mimic the architecture and culture of a different country? -Patricia Marx Architecture
Many of the received models of modern architecture and planning owe their ultimate origin to the building code and public health reform movements of the second half of the 19th century. -Kenneth Frampton Architecture
The Internet has created an incredible democratization of the architecture industry. -Cameron Sinclair Architecture
Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community. -Stephen Gardiner Architecture
The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house. -Thomas Reid Architecture
The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present. -Adolf Loos Architecture
Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the acceleration of culture and the continuing slowness of architecture. -Rem Koolhaas Architecture
The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models. -Rem Koolhaas Architecture
I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see. -Roger Waters Architecture
The thing about Chicago is that it really isn't like any other place. The architecture and the layout of the city are the best. I'm from the Midwest, and consider myself a Midwesterner. I feel most at home there. I love California. I have great friends in California. I just have always considered Illinois to be home. -Vince Vaughn Architecture
In Rome, I particularly love the history, churches, sculptures and architecture and the fact that you can walk along a tiny cobbled street and turn the corner to find the Trevi Fountain. London is evocative of other eras and full of history. -Philip Treacy Architecture
