As a designer, the mission with which we have been charged is simple: providing space at the right cost. Harry von Zell Architecture
In a place like the Greek Theater in L.A., to try and create a close connection with the audience seems almost antithetical to the architecture of the building. Alex Ebert Architecture
For me, the excitement in architecture revolves around the idea and the phenomenon of the experience of that idea. Residences offer almost immediate gratification. You can shape space, light, and materials to a degree that you sometimes can't in larger projects. Steven Holl Architecture
'Clothespin' was the first city monument on a large scale that could compete with the architecture around it. Claes Oldenburg Architecture
To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it. Daniel Libeskind Architecture
Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator. Antoni Gaudi Architecture
Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches. Goldwin Smith Architecture
I think the chance of finding beauty is higher if you don't work on it directly. Beauty in architecture is driven by practicality. This is what you learn from studying the old townscapes of the Swiss farmers. Peter Zumthor Architecture
Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul. Louis Kahn Architecture
I love walking along Leith's waterfront and wandering around some of New Town's beautiful streets and squares, with their gorgeous Georgian architecture. Dexter Fletcher Architecture
I love '70s organic architecture. I am very influenced by the time when I grew up. Alexandre de Betak Architecture
I absorbed as many Impressionist paintings as I could, in Parisian museums and in many museums in the United States and in books, looking for clues to architecture, clothing, settings. Susan Vreeland Architecture
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition. John Portman Architecture
I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me. Maya Lin Architecture
I cannot imagine myself fitting into the existing curriculum. I am too self-willed for that and have had my own very definite ideas for a long time, very different from the existing ways, as to how architecture is to be taught. Walter Gropius Architecture
It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time. David Allan Coe Architecture
I find the aristocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the architecture is so white and gated. But in New York, it's different - even uptown it's really grand, and there's no real segregation there. It's all mixed up. Imogen Poots Architecture
Architecture and building is about how you get around the obstacles that are presented to you. That sometimes determines how successful you'll be: How good are you at going around obstacles? Jeremy Renner Architecture
Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built. Daniel Libeskind Architecture