Quotes by Bernard Tschumi

About Bernard Tschumi:

Bernard Tschumi is an architect, writer, and educator, commonly associated with deconstructivism. Son of the well-known architect Jean Tschumi, born of French and Swiss parentage, he works and lives in New York City and Paris. He studied in Paris and at ETH in Zurich, where he received his degree in architecture in 1969.[citation needed]
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My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.

Bernard Tschumi

I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret.

Bernard Tschumi

The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.

Bernard Tschumi

The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed.

Bernard Tschumi

I think architects are often at their best when faced with restraints.

Bernard Tschumi

I was once in a very, very bad car accident. So my drawing arm is full of pins and platinum stuff. Occasionally it hurts. But I found that after the arm was put back together I could draw better than before. I have no idea why.

Bernard Tschumi

Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens.

Bernard Tschumi

When I designed my loft, I literally framed the World Trade Center as a picture postcard I could see from my bed. I no longer have that image, and I mourn it.

Bernard Tschumi

I wear the same black suit. I have five of them. I pair them with a red scarf. I was wearing a red scarf when I won the first architectural competition of my career.

Bernard Tschumi

I feel very comfortable in New York, in a city where there is no such thing as 'nationality.'

Bernard Tschumi

Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.

Bernard Tschumi

Author Bio

  • NameBernard Tschumi
  • DescriptionSwiss architect
  • BornJanuary 25, 1944
  • CountryFrance; Switzerland
  • ProfessionArchitect
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Legion Of Honour