If people want to see Beaux-Arts, it's fine with me. I'm interested in good architecture as anybody else. Louis Kahn architectureartbeau Change image and share on social
I am a failed architect, if I'm honest. I got a degree in art history and was about to get another degree, in architecture, but realized I would be terrible at building things because I've got really bad spatial awareness. Hannah Ware architectarchitectureart share on social
Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking. Moshe Safdie architectureforwardpart Change image and share on social
Modern architecture needed to be part of an evolutionary, not a revolutionary, process. I. M. Pei architectureevolutionarymodern Change image and share on social
I've never left China. My family's been there for 600 years. But my architecture is not consciously Chinese in any sense. I'm a western architect. I. M. Pei architectarchitecturechina Change image and share on social
To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be the motivating force in design. When you're dealing with form as a sculptor, you feel that you are quite free in attempting to mould and shape things you want to do, but in architecture, it's much more difficult because it has to have a function. I. M. Pei architectureattemptdeal share on social
Architecture must not do violence to space or its neighbors. I. M. Pei architectureneighborspace Change image and share on social
When I started designing in school, I discovered that I had a knack for it. I fell completely in love with architecture, and I remain in love with it. Cesar Pelli architecturecompletelydesign Change image and share on social
Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's just I want to work the way I want to work. In my shop, you can order certain things and other things you cannot. They are not available. Peter Zumthor architecturecareorder share on social
Architecture is a living thing. If I want to leave something to the future, it has to be able to change - but retain something of the ethos that we built up over 50 years. Richard Rogers architecturebuildchange Change image and share on social