I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of

I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of

Elizabeth Diller
22/09/2025
22/09/2025

I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was always more interested in other forms of discourse.

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I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was always more interested in other forms of discourse.
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was always more interested in other forms of discourse.
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was always more interested in other forms of discourse.
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was always more interested in other forms of discourse.
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was always more interested in other forms of discourse.
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was always more interested in other forms of discourse.
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was always more interested in other forms of discourse.
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was always more interested in other forms of discourse.
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was always more interested in other forms of discourse.
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of
Elizabeth Diller
Elizabeth Diller

Polish - Architect

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We were kind of arrogant when we started and became really humbled as we were doing architecture. It's really hard to work with budgets and deadlines and all of these collaborators and all of these voices and special interests.

Elizabeth Diller

Architecture has been male-dominated forever, and I am a grateful beneficiary of the women's movement.

Elizabeth Diller

When I was studying architecture in the 1970s, it was intellectually bankrupt.

Elizabeth Diller

In art school, it was about feeling. In architecture school, it was about ideas.

Elizabeth Diller

We conventionally divide space into private and public realms, and we know these legal distinctions very well because we've become experts at protecting our private property and private space. But we're less attuned to the nuances of the public.

Elizabeth Diller

Theatre is real-time - you get that real-time audience reaction, which is fantastic. And with art pieces, people don't ever have to explain themselves. You can do something and really follow a research. With architecture, you have to be much more public. You have to build consensus. You have to work within the law. There are more complexities.

Elizabeth Diller

As a student, I hadn't really been interested in architecture at all, but when I started teaching, it grew into me - rather than me growing into it.

Elizabeth Diller

My interest was always to do interdisciplinary work with space. I thought of architecture as one strand in a multimedia practice.

Elizabeth Diller

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I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.

Peter Eisenman

When I left the work world, I started designing my dream house. I dived into architecture and bought seven vacant lots. My plan was to build one house, move in, and build the next. If the next was better, I'd move in and sell the previous one - so on and so forth.

Tom Anderson

I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'

Peter Eisenman

When I'm in London, Claridge's is a great favourite. I'm a big fan of art deco architecture and the rooms are extraordinary.

Roman Coppola

Quebec City is the most European of any city in North America; they speak French all the time. There is a part of town called Old Quebec which is really like being in France. The architecture is just gorgeous, food, shopping. I'd say Quebec City is the most beautiful city in North America I've seen.

Sebastian Bach

Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.

Toyo Ito

Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know.

Richard Rogers

Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.

John Osborne
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