278 Quotes About Buildings

We depend on our surroundings obliquely to embody the moods and ideas we respect and then to remind us of them. We look to our buildings to hold us, like a kind of psychological mould, to a helpful vision of ourselves. We arrange around us material forms which communicate to us what we need — but are at constant risk of forgetting what we need — within. We turn to wallpaper, benches, paintings and streets to staunch the disappearance of our true selves.

Either a building is part of a place or it is not. Once that kinship is there, time will only make it stronger.

Architecture is the very mirror of life. You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society.

Like a spider in its web, a vibration anywhereis felt everywhere.

• Should we reclaim an Indigenous language in a natural Indigenous setting, to replicate the original ambience of heritage, culture, laws, and lores?• Should we reclaim an Indigenous language in a modern building that has Indigenous characteristics such as Aboriginal colours and shapes?• Should we reclaim an Aboriginal language in a western governmentalbuilding—to give an empowering signal that the tribe has full support of contemporary mainstream society?

If you want to have a strong structure, build the foundations the right way.

Careful minds build durable buildings; careless minds build rotten buildings!

We expect too much of new buildings, and too little of ourselves.

...intricate stone carvings and wood trim gave the law school an almost medieval feel. You'd even sometimes hear that we went to HLS (Hogwarts Law School).