If you're into architecture and you're from the West, everything is hors d'oeuvres for working to rebuild the Temple. Ultimately you're led there. You can't escape it. Ben Nicholson architectureescapehor Change image and share on social
It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms. Oscar Niemeyer architectureastonishdraw Change image and share on social
My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience. Luis Barragan architecturecoldconvenience Change image and share on social
A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. Virginia Postrel alienationarchitecturechoice share on social
A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature. Guillaume Apollinaire architecturalelementjustification Change image and share on social
'Station to Station' came out of a sense of urgency - a sense that culture, be it art, film or architecture, has become so compartmentalised. For this project, we wanted to break that and create a language that is more nomadic and less materialistic and really empowering for the creators and the audience. Doug Aitken architectureartaudience share on social
I have realised how exciting and easy it is to be a time traveller by looking at paintings and films and architecture and playing music or listening to it. I don't think you necessarily have to live in the present all the time. Jools Holland architectureeasyexcit share on social
You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony. Renzo Piano acceptarchitectarchitecture Change image and share on social
The problem of architecture has always been the same throughout time. Its authentic quality is reached through its proportions, and the proportions cost nothing. In fact, most of them are proportions among things, not the things themselves. Art is almost always a question of proportions. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe architectureartauthentic share on social