#architecture

The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#concerned #contribution #dead #egyptian #living

Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#copied #england #states #straight #united

What people want, above all, is order. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#above #order #people #want

I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else, to try to contribute something that has that resonance and profundity of it means to all of us. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

#contribute #else #everyone #i #like

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

#cities #creations #greatest #humanity

Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

#built #cent #competition #get #idea

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me. ↗

— Maya Lin

#art #different #different way #give #i

Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist. ↗

— Maya Lin

#architecture #artist #build #buildings #deliberately

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have. ↗

— Maya Lin

#thought #warmth

Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture. ↗

— Maya Lin

#art #because #harder #make #me