Building Restoration Quotes

Whenever they rebuild an old building, they must first of all destroy the old one.

An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.

You see all these old buildings [in Rio] going down or catching fire overnight, and it is so sad. I am very connected with these buildings because they are our history. It is the only one that we have.

I'm really into architecture, I'm a member of the Brutalist Appreciation Society; I'm a member of the Postmodern Society. I write letters to save buildings.

Both my father and I remodeled our homes but were quite careful about preserving the history and unique character of the community.

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled.

I've always been into older homes, even if I have to refurbish or remodel or raise roof lines or knock out walls.

I renovate homes and buildings and residences in Detroit.