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" Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator. " - Antoni Gaudi

" My family and I live in a wing of a Georgian mansion in East Sussex, which was built in the 1780s and fell into disrepair. It was rescued in the Seventies and carved into six terrace houses. " - Simon Toyne

" I came to London constantly, working with Ninja Theory on ‘DmC Devil May Cry,’ and I kind of fell in love with this amazing architecture, where you have these buildings that have clearly been around a long time, and they have this amazing gothic look, and then on the first floor, it’s a McDonald’s! " - Hideaki Itsuno

" The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty. " - Frank Lloyd Wright

" I’ll always build houses. " - Jeremy Renner

" Cities are the greatest creations of humanity. " - Daniel Libeskind

" Think about what happens when architecture becomes ruins. All you have left are some little columns on a cliff, but it’s still such an overwhelming experience that you could say architecture is that which makes ruins beautiful. " - Santiago Calatrava

" Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future. " - Kenzo Tange

" Theatres are built because they were the boards for entertainment. " - Robert Plant

" I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness. " - Oscar Niemeyer