My mom and dad had a store, and sometimes people w... -Marcel Wanders

My mom and dad had a store, and sometimes people would return broken stuff. I'd take it apart and reassemble it. At 16, I really understood the architecture of things.

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Modernism is an outmoded way of thinking about design: it just doesn't reflect the way we live now. It always puts forward this idea that the past is ...

I'm 100 percent sure the love and energy we give to a project will end up inside of it. I think it's important that when we work on something, we do i...

You can go to any second-hand store and get an amazing piece - I have pieces from flea markets at home. You don't need to buy throwaway furniture....

My mom and dad had a store, and sometimes people would return broken stuff. I'd take it apart and reassemble it. At 16, I really understood the archit...

I really feel that design has the capacity to communicate, and I really have concentrated on the communication of positive values....

I collect memories. I look for opportunities to try new things, go to new places, and meet new people all the time....

The 'Dezeen's of this world are extremely inspirational but have no realistic dimension any more....

I am quite familiar with Dubai and its design scene. I have been a regular visitor for more than 10 years. It is hard to name an area where hospitalit...

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We work with the Mexican authorities. We have our own intelligence architecture. And we are aware of the involvement of smuggling organizations in irr...

I don't know if I'll go back into medicine. As much as I love it and went to school for it, my passion has always been in real estate, development, in...

Boston is home to the world's most innovative thinkers - in science and technology, and in business, art, and architecture....

Paris is different from LA in regards to its historical architecture. I think that's what gives Paris it's charm and beauty....

I studied Russian history at school, and I absolutely loved St Petersburg. It was magnificent - the architecture is incredible and has quite a signifi...

I was in school for architecture and when you're in school for a creative discipline, so much of what you produce comes out of inspiration from other ...

I got addicted to the hands-on problem-solving through the process of making or designing something. Architecture school was really influential and am...

I've always been a good student, made good enough grades to do well, and enjoyed a lot of different subjects. It wasn't until I went to architecture s...

We literally see things so differently, all the architecture and stuff. That's the cool part about skateboarding. We're out there skating stuff that's...

This is a look, a part of Australia we don't see. The wide streets, the architecture, the embassies, the space. It's really beautiful and there's a fe...