Architecture is the art of shaping our environment so that we can be at home. It’s not just about building shelter, it’s about making us feel at home wherever we are.
The beauty of architecture is that it allows us to see the past and now. It lifts our eyes to the future, the present, and eternity. Fine architecture enhances our lives by creating a sense of place, community, identity, and scale.
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How can you design buildings if you aren’t inspired by the buildings you see every day? – Peter Zumthor
My final semester of architecture school is over. Now I’m off to do the work that matters the most: making you happy.
Squint your eyes and you’ll see that this is more than just a beautiful building.
“Anybody can be a creator, but only the brave can be pioneers.” __Coco Chanel
Every building has a story. And if you look at that building long enough, it will tell you what that story is.
Be in the present,’ The architect said, ‘for things are in your power, not your wish. The way you look at them is in your power, but the things themselves are not.’
We have seen the glory of the dawn and the twilight as a new day is born.
Discipline is remembering what you want. — Jim Rohn
Architecture has the power to change the world.
A picture is worth a thousand words. An architectural one, even more.
My hobby with architecture is burning houses. And with the landscape, it’s to plant trees. I do this for myself, not for others.
A great architect discloses the environment and then creates a space that fits into it. (Le Corbusier)
We strive to design buildings that “improve, ennoble and delight” our cities and the lives of the people who live in them.
Buildings are designed ultimately to enrich human life, almost always the lives of those who are comfortable enough to pay for them.
For the love of beautiful things…
There’s a majesty in the power of nature that is, at best, only found in little bits and pieces in cities. –Lara Favareille
Explore the world, then create something better.
Nature can never be duplicated or synthesized; it must be observed and interacted with as the living, breathing organism that it is.
If you’re looking for a way to calm down your busy mind, look at the stones beneath your feet. In most cases, they will have been there longer than you have been alive.
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
Symmetry is never any fun.
Giving back more than we take – the philosophy of #Architecture that must be kept in mind while designing a landscape. @Kewdene
Falling in love with a house is about falling in love with life. #architecture
Architecture has recorded the greatest ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.
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Just like nature, great architecture is all about balance.
In our lives, we build houses on land and in memory.
My love for you is like this sunset, constantly changing and growing.
When you look up at the stars, you realize how insignificant you are. And that’s motivating.
Sharp, the targeted focus is the key to success in every field from skincare to software development.
And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
There is no land so mean, but the enterprising Yankee will make something out of it.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
There are some things that cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring.
“I was not born a landscape architect, I willed myself to become one.” – Donald Roy
I love the feeling of showing new work to #architecture students. They are our future, and they are interested!
The architect must be ready to be surprised. He must willingly suspend disbelief to allow the client’s enthusiasm to fill in gaps in his own conception.
When I want to quickly show an image on Instagram, the best way to do that is to use one of the built-in iOS filters like Clarity or Valencia. The filters are easy to apply and tweak, and you don’t need to f
Good design gives us pleasure and gives it to us where we live and work and build and put our stuff. – Louise Mozingo
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. -Winston Churchill
In search of that perfect garden view. 🌿✈️
Cool architecture makes me wonder what the rooms feel like.
Nature doesn’t need a reason to be beautiful, but humans do.
One day all of humanity will live within a single atrium.
Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent.
If you have an idea in your head, if it’s really compelling, you have to build it. You have to know.
It’s easy to forget what a privilege it is to be an architect, to create structures that shape our world. Thank you for visiting us this summer #architecture #architects #architecturalphoto #landscape
Have you ever seen a building and had this feeling? #architecture #landscapearchitecture
❤️ I’ve never noticed these doors until now—such a sweet view from this angle. #architecture #landscapearchitecture #artfuldoorway
Architecture is never finished, only abandoned. – Le Corbusier
The buildings I’d love to create will be a response to life. They will have a human flexibility and a human scale that comes from being uninhibited by the elements.” – Frank Gehry
Great architecture is not just about aesthetics. It’s also about the spaces in-between: the space in front of and behind you, and both sides of an object.
Always keep the natural beauty of a place in mind. While you’re taking from it to make a place, you should be giving something back to your memory.
I would rather spend one single day walking with a peasant in the woods than with an architect strolling through his park.
It’s a two-way street, between natural and built things. You can’t have one without the other. –Michael Burry
No matter where I go or travel, I fall in love with cities.
Inspirational Architecture Quotes
Nature is a language. Those who don’t hear it will never understand. – Simone de Beauvoir
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles. ☹
Courage is the path between fear and confidence.
“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.” – Frank Zappa
My favorite thing about architecture is that each building is a self-contained universe, with it’s own smells, memories, ideas, perspectives.
Let architecture be your garden.
Architecture is bookkeeping rendered by carving stone.
This piece is a work in progress – love this quote – all renovation ideas – big or small – can be daunting – but will pay off.
From the ground, views like this make me feel incredibly small and overwhelmed by how small we all actually are in comparison to nature. What a humbling perspective. 🌳🌲 @fosterandpartners
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. – George Bernard Shaw
Getting lost in a big city is a great way to find yourself…
What is art? All shapes are perspectives.
The best things happen when you tell yourself, “okay get up, find the door, open it.” – Simon Sinek
The perfect city is where the railway station and the sewer are not in the same place.
Glass is always modern but in an unexpected way. It’s the gadget that endures.
An Architect’s task is to create a space, a structure that really deals with & celebrates the natural environment. – Vincent Scully
Architecture is an urban space that carries within itself the presence of the future.
“With the first breath of autumn, we still think of spring and the first spring thought is of architecture.”
Like waves in the distance, architecture should always be about the here and now—not an idealized past or a speculated future.
“There is a reason why architects dance on moonlit nights on roof-tops” – Konstantin Melnikov
Awesome architecture requires a design that is based on a deep understanding of the context.
Inspiration can strike you in the unlikeliest places.
Can’t go wrong with a combo of iced coffee and iced cream, this weekend ✨
Look through the lens of architecture to see the world differently.
Part of the appeal of architecture is that it’s a sequence of challenges and competitions. It never gets boring or routine. There’s always something new.
The blade of grass is the building block of all architecture. The public parks are our palaces; and gardens our wildernesses, or preserves.
“When they built this place, I was astonished they found the time to make it so beautiful.”
Only nature can build in the garden what man has built in the city.
For most of us, the perfect place does not exist. Yet most of us can easily imagine an ideal version of our home—we just lack the skills and resources it would take to build it.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
The greatest battles are fought inside yourself, and some of the hardest can be won.
More ideas are caught than taught.
Beauty is when you feel good, not when you look good.
When your desk is a desk, and your work is a desk, but you’re nowhere near a desk.
Recognition is the applause of posterity.
Architectural beauty can be defined by scale and proportion, and it doesn’t get more beautiful than breathtaking vistas like the @smithsonianrosslyn. #architecture #instacontent
Good things take time. You can’t rush perfection. #architecture
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.’ ― Winston Churchill
“I want to build castles of light and space, modern towers of optimism.”— D I Corneille
Being an architect is a calling, not a job. It’s a passion, not an occupation. An art, not a science.
Nothing lies so deeply as a foundation. ~Henry David Thoreau
“To touch the spirit of creation is to walk on holy ground, consecrated by the dreams and visions of great men.” ~John O’Keeffe
When I’m having a bad day, the first thing I draw is a floor plan of my house.
When you have a vision, you have to protect it.
The value of a man or woman resides in what he or she gives and not in what he or she is capable of receiving.
The best things happen outside your comfort zone.
It is most useful to study history in the places where it happened.
Keep it simple with these fresh flowers 🌸🌺 🥀
Landscape architecture is the art and science of enhancing the environment…’How might we?’
Landscape architecture makes outdoor spaces accessible to everyone ─ it’s really architecture for everyone. –Rodney O’Neal
Architecture is the mother tongue of all art.
I believe in making architecture, not making money.
Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy – Robert M. Pirsig __ There’s a place you can see your whole life from – it helps if you’re high up – #paris #urbex #architect
My favorite kind of building is the one that’s rotting away. Find beauty in death and decay. The best sunsets happen after the sun has set.
I like to mingle elements of disorder and randomness into the controlled and serene environment I’m creating – it challenges people to rethink their notions about what we expect from gardens.” — Mia Lehrer
Good design is good business. − Louis Sullivan
If we waited for the moment when everything was ready, we might never begin. –Walt Disney
Lights are on, film is rolling. Cue the architectural dramatics 🏰
“We must allow nature to speak for itself, as well as listen.” ― Eileen Crist
Staircases are meant to be climbed, with great effort. But the view is worth it.
The only men who achieve are those who are willing to work. —Charles M. Schwab
Captions that celebrate travel and architecture can bring the promise of a better life and make you want to escape.
Considering the intricate, complex connections between light and structure, we’ve leveraged a modular and flexible lighting system to illuminate and enrich the building (Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group)… Love this #architecture #design!
The art of architecture is its movement in space.
I am a painter of walls and a drawer of lines. I am a describer of circles and a writer of texts. I am an architect.’
Where ever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. – Marilyn Monroe
To all the places I’ll never go where would I even put these tiny chairs. 🤔🐣
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. –Henry David Thoreau
The sight of distant skylines never grows old, no matter how many times you’ve seen them. #newyorkcity #optoutside #fallvibes
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. – Confucius
In architecture, everything comes from the basic needs of man. -Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architecture starts where engineering ends. ~Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
A picture may be worth 1000 words, but there’s nothing like the smell of fresh-cut grass on a beautiful day or a walk around a newly finished project 🌱
Rediscovering what makes your city great.
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Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.‖ – Steve Jobs
It is your choices, Harry, that show what you truly are, far more than your abilities. – Albus Dumbledore
I think it is very important to continuously make opportunities for yourself to learn and reflect.
Have we found heaven to live in? Have we just discovered hell to fear? These are questions that we can’t answer, and it’s very likely that we never will.
When the wind is blowing, dance! When there are no strings to hold you down, flow like water. #thisiscolossal
As I move through my day, beginning with the things nearest, I watch how it feels to be fully present.
From #architecture to #landscapearchitecture, it doesn’t matter what you call it…your space becomes part of your story.
Architecture is the learned game with which our minds engage in play in creating within us in the realm of the possible in the real, in writing upon this negative sphere which is life. – Le Corbusier
” Architecture is not just the design of space, it is the art of making spaces. “—Le Corbusier
Architecture is not just the outside of buildings, but what goes on inside them.
The art of architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent use of simple means to satisfy complex requirements. — Frank Lloyd Wright
“There are few things more tragic than a beautiful door on an ugly house.” —Angelo Coradazzi
Anyone can decorate a room. The trick is to have a room worth decorating 😉
Working with nature to build resilient, sustainable communities. 🌎
Nature knows how to build mountains. Just look at the horizon. ― Oscar Niemeyer
If you look closely enough you can see that each and everything in nature is perfect and fundamentally beautiful. – Kukai (Shinto Philosopher)
Be bold. Take risks. Strive for innovation. Set the pace, not the trend. Always make time for what matters most to you. Maybe success can wait another day…
Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.
Don’t be afraid to simplify.