You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on earth, and ultimately that is what architecture is a vision of: Heaven on earth, at it's best. Ben Nicholson architecturedriftearth Change image and share on social
Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings. Oscar Niemeyer architecturebeingboard Change image and share on social
Some people think architecture is about the genius sketch; I don't. Great architecture is a collaboration among a lot of people over a long period of time. Joshua Prince-Ramus architecturecollaborationgenius Change image and share on social
The idea was that you could grow a system like the Internet one network at a time and then interconnect them. In some sense, the most important thing was the invention of the architecture protocols that enabled the Internet. Vint Cerf architectureenablegrow share on social
If you look at any leaf on any tree branch, it's similar to but not exactly a repetition of the previous branch. So the new science of complexity or showing how an architecture can be produced just as quickly, cheaply and efficiently by using computer production methods to get the slight variation, the self-similarity. Charles Jencks architecturebranchcheaply share on social
The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples. Carlos Slim architectureartisticbeauty Change image and share on social
By 1970, the first stirrings of the revolt against Modernist orthodoxy in architecture had been felt, although it would be several years more until Postmodernism was widely accepted and made classical motifs permissible in high-style building design for the first time in decades. Martin Filler acceptarchitecturebuild share on social
'Clothespin' was the first city monument on a large scale that could compete with the architecture around it. Claes Oldenburg architecturecityclothespin Change image and share on social
I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical? David Chipperfield architecturecostmillion Change image and share on social
The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it. David Chipperfield architecturebaddifference Change image and share on social