#architecture

My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness. ↗

— Thom Mayne

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An important work of architecture will create polemics. ↗

— Richard Meier

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Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time. ↗

— Richard Meier

#building #century #city #frozen #half

Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great. ↗

— Enid Nemy

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Each new situation requires a new architecture. ↗

— Jean Nouvel

#each #new #requires #situation

Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know. ↗

— Richard Rogers

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Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. ↗

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind. ↗

— James Rouse

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Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society. ↗

— Kenzo Tange

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Buildings should serve people, not the other way around. ↗

— John Portman

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