#architects

There's this very vulnerable planet of ours with finite resources. Architects and designers have, I think, a fair responsibility for conserving energy and materials, and making things durable. ↗

— Robin Day

#conserving #designers #durable #energy #fair

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#called #future #victims

Color is a very critical thing. I've found that architects don't like colors. Engineers too. And so somebody has to stand in. Because this is the finish of it. It is the emotional part of a structure. I had great satisfaction in doing that. ↗

— John Hench

#because #color #colors #critical #doing

The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time. ↗

— J. Carter Brown

#architects #association #best #building #buildings

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

#articulation #compared #comparison #did #enjoyed

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

— Edwin Lutyens

#architecture #great #never #patrons #will

The spy boom has been a beautiful windfall for architects, construction companies, IT specialists, and above all defense contractors, enriching thousands of private companies and dozens of local economies hugging the Capital Beltway. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#architects #beautiful #been #beltway #boom

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

#because #been #better #blair #closely

I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#address #architects #because #city #feel

My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people. ↗

— Richard Rogers

#architects #because #believe #effect #enjoy