Quote of the month

2026

"A university campus is not just a place to study - it's a place to belong." - Baroness Valerie Amos (September)

"The spaces we learn in shape the way we think. Designing campuses is about designing futures." - Professor Matthew Carmona (August)

"Learning spaces must now support not just content delivery, but experience creation." - Scott Webber (July)

"The architecture of education is not static
—it should evolve with how we teach, learn, and connect!" - Gensler Research Institute (June)

"'Architecture in higher education should reflect openness, curiosity and the public mission of the university!" - Amanda Levete (May)

"Great campus design blends tradition with innovation - it respects the past, but welcomes the future" - Alison Brooks (March)

"Universities are our modern cathedrals. Their architecture should reflect our highest ideals." - Daniel Libeskind (February)

"Designing campuses for inclusivity is as important as designing them for functionality." - RIBA (January)

2025

"I like the idea of architecture being a form of communication." - Zaha Hadid (December)

"Architecture is not about form, it's about life. And I think that is what ultimately drives architecture." - David Chipperfield (November)

"Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves." - Julia Morgan (October)

"A building is not just a place to be but a way to be." - Frank Lloyd Wright (September)

"The details are not the details. They make the design." - Charles Eames (August)

"Architecture is the thoughtful making of space." - Louis Kahn (July)

"Architecture is not based on concrete and steel and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder." - Daniel Libeskind (June)

"Architecture is inhabited sculpture." - Constantin Brancusi (May)

"The best compliment you can give an architect is that his building works." - Frank Gehry (April)

"I am interested in architecture that moves, that grow, that changes, that evolves. That has life in it." - Zaha Hadid (March)

Each project is a new discovery and demands a new architecture." - Jean Nouvel (February)

'Why do we build? We build because we believe in a better future' - Amanda Levete, AL_A (January)