We have to base architecture on the environment. Toyo Ito architecturebaseenvironment Change image and share on social
You get one chance to do something about native title. You get perhaps one chance in your life to do something about a republic. You get one chance, your chance, to build a piece of the political architecture in the Pacific. I wasn't going to give those up. Paul Keating architecturebuildchance share on social
Instead of using the machine as a metaphor for architecture, as Le Corbusier did, I use the human body. I want the public to know that it's them I'm designing for. Michael Graves architecturebodycorbusier Change image and share on social
Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things. Rem Koolhaas architectluxuryreject Change image and share on social
Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building. Arthur Erickson architecturebuildtheory Change image and share on social
If a building becomes architecture, then it is art. Arne Jacobsen architectureartbuild Change image and share on social
I find the aristocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the architecture is so white and gated. But in New York, it's different - even uptown it's really grand, and there's no real segregation there. It's all mixed up. Imogen Poots angulararchitecturearistocratic share on social
Mies van der Rohe's architecture and modern architecture in general suffered from not only being repetitive, but not explaining to the populous what the different rooms were for. Charles Jencks architecturederexplain Change image and share on social
Downtown Toronto is a very good place to talk about the neutrality of modernist architecture. I'm sure this kind of box-building was interesting in the Twenties, Thirties and Forties, but I think it's absolutely ridiculous to build like this in 2013. Stefan Sagmeister absolutelyarchitecturebox share on social
