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Building Cities Quotes

A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive Picture Quote #1

One great building does not make a great city Picture Quote #1

In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives Picture Quote #1

China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that and other development around the world are overwhelming Picture Quote #1

Building the scene, going out and doing shows and connecting with the fans, cultivating the fanbase in all these cities. I’m very glad that it’s happening Picture Quote #1

Cities are about juxtaposition. In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It’s that contrast we like. In Bordeaux, we built law courts right next door to what is effectively a listed historic building, and that makes it exciting Picture Quote #1

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I am all for greening tall buildings, but I’m also very keen to note that greening a building doesn’t cope with the problem of the tall building in the texture of the city Picture Quote #1

Here in Barcelona, it’s the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of admiration - not a bunch of half-witted monarchs Picture Quote #1

I should just drive around this city and take photos of all the buildings I’ve been humiliated in Picture Quote #1

I don’t like landscapes. I like cities. Lots of cities. I like buildings. I like streets Picture Quote #1

It’s a weird city because the uglier the weather, the more beautiful the city. And the uglier the buildings, the more coherent the city Picture Quote #1

I found that through my life, living in the city of Toronto, I look above the Pizza Pizza sign, and I look above the other signs and window dressing, and I see evidence of a city that no longer exists in the keystones and the decorations that line the tops of buildings. That presence of the old city has always moved me Picture Quote #1

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Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue Picture Quote #1

In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It’s so wasteful. Why not use what’s there? Picture Quote #1

Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston Picture Quote #1

Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense of being a gateway Picture Quote #1

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war Picture Quote #1

Cities are an immense laboratory of trial and error, failure and success, in city building and city design Picture Quote #1

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I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens Picture Quote #1

Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time Picture Quote #1

Maybe, just maybe, we shall at last come to care for the most important, most challenging, surely the most satisfying of all architectural creations: building cities for people to live in Picture Quote #1

The thought that all experience will be lost at the moment of my death makes me feel pain and fear... What a waste, decades spent building up experience, only to throw it all away... We remedy this sadness by working. For example, by writing, painting, or building cities Picture Quote #1

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A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive (Building Cities Quotes) One great building does not make a great city (Building Cities Quotes) In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives. (Building Cities Quotes) China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that and other development around the world are overwhelming. (Building Cities Quotes) Building the scene, going out and doing shows and connecting with the fans, cultivating the fanbase in all these cities. I’m very glad that it’s happening. (Building Cities Quotes) Cities are about juxtaposition. In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It’s that contrast we like. In Bordeaux, we built law courts right next door to what is effectively a listed historic building, and that makes it exciting. (Building Cities Quotes) I am all for greening tall buildings, but I’m also very keen to note that greening a building doesn’t cope with the problem of the tall building in the texture of the city. (Building Cities Quotes) Here in Barcelona, it’s the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of admiration - not a bunch of half-witted monarchs. (Building Cities Quotes) I should just drive around this city and take photos of all the buildings I’ve been humiliated in. (Building Cities Quotes) I don’t like landscapes. I like cities. Lots of cities. I like buildings. I like streets. (Building Cities Quotes) It’s a weird city because the uglier the weather, the more beautiful the city. And the uglier the buildings, the more coherent the city. (Building Cities Quotes) I found that through my life, living in the city of Toronto, I look above the Pizza Pizza sign, and I look above the other signs and window dressing, and I see evidence of a city that no longer exists in the keystones and the decorations that line the tops of buildings. That presence of the old city has always moved me (Building Cities Quotes) Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue (Building Cities Quotes) In New York City, when they develop something, they never use the old buildings. It’s so wasteful. Why not use what’s there? (Building Cities Quotes) Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston (Building Cities Quotes) Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense of being a gateway (Building Cities Quotes) Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war (Building Cities Quotes) Cities are an immense laboratory of trial and error, failure and success, in city building and city design (Building Cities Quotes) I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens (Building Cities Quotes) Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time (Building Cities Quotes) Maybe, just maybe, we shall at last come to care for the most important, most challenging, surely the most satisfying of all architectural creations: building cities for people to live in (Building Cities Quotes) The thought that all experience will be lost at the moment of my death makes me feel pain and fear... What a waste, decades spent building up experience, only to throw it all away... We remedy this sadness by working. For example, by writing, painting, or building cities (Building Cities Quotes)