“Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.”– Tadao Ando Related Quotes “The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value.”– Thom Mayne “An important work of architecture will create polemics.”– Richard Meier “My buildings don’t speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.”– Thom Mayne