Quotes by Norman Foster

Norman Foster

Architecture is an expression of values.

Architecture

Expression

Values

As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.

Bad Ass

Badass

Past

Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether partners or directors, are much closer to certain projects than I could ever be.

Creative

Directors

Practice

Didn’t think her vision was consistent with the ORC, especially the way the Council wishes to work with the ORC. For example, with regard to the zoning ordinance, the Council sees a comprehensive approach, the ORC wants to review the ordinances and simplify them. Pam’s vision was counter to that.

Thinking

Vision

Wish

Every time I’ve flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I’ve learned something new that can be applied to buildings.

Building

I've Learned

Something New

Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don’t.

Inspire

Sometimes

Thinking

Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just about anywhere.

Car

Google

San Francisco

I am always surprised by how much little emphasis schools of architecture, and indeed, many architects, place on the process of the mating of a building.

Architecture

Littles

School

I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting Hill, Belgravia and Mayfair. All are characterised by high density and a generosity of green spaces. They are all pedestrian-friendly with shops, entertainment, restaurants and pubs within easy walking distance.

Distance

Generosity

Space

I tend to move between turtlenecks and shirts and ties. I don’t really have a uniform in the sense that some people might.

Moving

People

Ties

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Architecture

Art

Bad Ass

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Building

Car

Citing

Creative

Cutting

Design

Directors

Distance

Driving

Dumb

Effort

Eternity

Expression

Firsts

Frustration

Generosity

Google

Habit

I've Learned

Impossible

Inspire

Littles

Logos

Looks

Math

Mobility

Moving

Never Stop Learning

Nice

Numbers

Past

People

Practice

Reality

San Francisco

School

Should

Sketching

Something New

Sometimes

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Quotes by Norman Foster

Norman Foster

Architecture is an expression of values.

As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.

Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether partners or directors, are much closer to certain projects than I could ever be.

Every time I’ve flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I’ve learned something new that can be applied to buildings.

Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don’t.

Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just about anywhere.

I am always surprised by how much little emphasis schools of architecture, and indeed, many architects, place on the process of the mating of a building.

I tend to move between turtlenecks and shirts and ties. I don’t really have a uniform in the sense that some people might.

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