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London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design.

Renzo Piano , Architect
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London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design....
I don't like the idea that the first preparation when you start to design your building has to put your label. I think this is not fair. It's not fair...
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You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony....
I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family....
In architecture you should live for 150 years, because you have to learn in the first 75 years....
Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don't read it. But if you make bad architecture, you impose ugliness on...
I don't want to be romantic, but one of the most important things is to have happy buildings... it's like having a family with a lot of children....

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