The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in ... -Thom Mayne

The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value.

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Somehow, architecture alters the way we think about the world and the way we behave. Any serious architecture, as a litmus test, has to be that....

I've always been interested in an architecture of resistance - architecture that has some power over the way we live. Working under adversarial condit...

I have a preference for rough architecture, real, inexpensive, unfinished....

I think all good architecture should challenge you, make you start asking questions. You don't have to understand it. You may not like it. That's OK....

I believe that artistic activities change people. You do effect change. I see architecture as a political, social and cultural act - that is its prima...

I don't know any architects that I respect who don't have their own voice. I think the difference between architecture and the other arts is your imme...

I fought violently for the autonomy of architecture. It's a very passive, weak profession where people deliver a service. You want a blue door, you ge...

In architecture, you arrive so late. I look at doctors, lawyers I know, and they're all buying boats and bailing out at 62. My career is just getting ...

Do I provoke as a method of investigation? Of course. That's the essence of architecture. Do I do it with gusto? I do....

You might say that when you step inside, you're entering a honorific space, but that's something totally different than experiencing it. And in archit...

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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...