Richard Rogers Quotes

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.

We refuse to recognize problems of form, but only problems of building. Form is not the aim of our work, but only the result. Form, by itself, does not exist. Form as an aim is formalism; and that we reject.

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

Architecture has its place in the concrete world. This is where it exists. This is where it makes its statement.

I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.

It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.

Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect's job to service everyday life.

I think architecture, to be really intense and fulfilling, doesn't have to be large.

I work a little bit like a sculptor. When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It's about space and material.

The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.

The future of architecture is culture.

The first thing that an architect must do is to sense that every building you build is a world of its own, and that this world of its own serves an institution.

Architecture depends on facts, but its real field of activity lies in the realm of the significance.

Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all.

For me, architecture is the means, not the end. It's a means of making different life forms possible.

Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.

Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.

Something like 'Abstract' can really give people access to the behind-the-scenes of how our physical surroundings take shape.

When we project the specific organization of the human body into the space outside it, then we have architecture.

I was always really geeky about design and buildings. Always into architecture as a kid.

I just want to build the best buildings. It's not about me, it's about the buildings, creating a space where society can gather and marvel in beauty and nature.

The concept of architecture as analogous to landscape is something that has interested me for a long time.

Ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent.