Architectural Masterpiece Quotes

Many architects say that they will never do a bridge. But I think they will discover that just as Fallingwater is a piece of art, so Golden Gate is a piece of art of the 20th century.

If i were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for, I should answer, A beautiful House.

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao looks like a great adventure.

Against expectations I was charmed by Gehry's Edgemar development, which housed the Santa Monica Museum of Art, and positively awed by the Bilbao Guggenheim. That Gehry is a great artist I have no doubt, but talent and determination are no warrant against confusion, nor are they a guaranty to produce great art.

The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's highlights whatever else they may do. Although this is by any measure a triumph of city planning, the building itself is not quite a masterpiece, though very fine indeed.

The Capitol is the best work I have ever done, or shall ever do, and I am glad to have Given it to St. Paul.

The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.

We're going to be opening up the old post office where we spent over $200 million, and built the most magnificent hotel, I think, anywhere in the country on Pennsylvania Avenue right between the White House and congress.

My buildings will be my legacy... they will speak for me long after I'm gone.

I like going for walks in the western harbour, a newly-built area of Malmo where the old harbour used to be. It is surrounded by canals and waterways and the architecture is modern and innovative - the landmark Turning Torso skyscraper, designed by Santiago Calatrava, is the star of the show.

It is an exceptional event to build a cathedral - it must withstand several lifetimes.

I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that.

Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone.

Not a piece of architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud passions of an emperor's love wrought in living stones.

The back of Saint Peter's is one of the finest pieces of architecture I've ever seen.

You have here In New York one of the greatest and most picturesque and artistic structures in the world. I mean the Brooklyn Bridge.