Donal Henahan Quotes

I guess I can't be a great architect. Great architects have a recognizable style. But if every building I did were the same, it would be pretty boring.

Getting to fight at the AT&T Stadium is a huge privilege for me and my career.

Georgia Dome was a pretty big eye opener that I had something kind of going in the right direction. It seemed like a movement, and I was greatly appreciative for the chants and the signs.

Good buildings make and are made by their settings, and they are appropriately different in different locations. Climate, culture, topography and materials have helped create regional architectural languages that seem curiously right for their locations and for all times.

Architecture has joined the world of fashion, but fashion is passing and architecture is timeless.

I'm not an architectural composer.

If you look at the buildings, you'll find that one part looks as if it was designed by one man, and you go around and look at another facade and it looks as if it was designed by another man, you see.

The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it.

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.

I don't think I have a signature style that announces, 'This is a Safdie.' But I think star architects have seized an opportunity to go anywhere in the world to produce meaningless buildings.

When I started studying architecture, people would say, you know, 'Can you tell me why are all modern buildings so boring?' Because, like, people had this idea that in the good old days, architecture had, like, ornament and little towers and spires and gargoyles, and today, it just becomes very practical.

When it's the caliber of fight that Canelo Alvarez and Liam Smith is, that's a big deal, and what I've tried to do since we built this stadium is have the great sport events.

The Georgia Dome was my home field, brother. There's no question about it. I played my first football game there as an Atlanta Falcon.

Apart from differentiating our spaces with design, we also look for buildings that have distinctive character. We make sure every seat is a good one.

Madison Square Garden is one of the greatest arenas in the world.

Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.

It was a dream to play in a stadium as impressive as the Santiago Bernabeu.

Old Trafford is home.

I did not want to do stereotypical buildings.

Ultimately, the artistic part of architecture has always interested me.

I'd 1,000 times rather go see an NBA game than a football match.

I really liked the atmosphere at Wembley, and I would like to box there, too.

I don't care what stadium we play in.

The Tokyo Dome is a huge venue, so for us, its such a prestigious opportunity.

Great architecture of the past was always clear. SFMOMA is still a simple building to understand.