Building and Dwelling Quotes

“the built environment is one thing, how people dwell in it another.”
― Richard Sennett, Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City

“city’ meant two different things – one a physical place, the other a mentality compiled from perceptions, behaviours and beliefs.”
― Richard Sennett, Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City

“Will plans to pedestrianize a street do anything about the housing crisis? Will the use of sodium borosilicate glass in buildings make people more tolerant of immigrants?”
― Richard Sennett, Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City