The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally.
Read more about Royal Institute Of British Architects: History, Structure, Library, V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership, RIBA Awards, RIBA Competitions, Education, RIBA in The News, Designation, Notable Past Presidents, Recent Presidents, Past Presidents
Famous quotes containing the words royal, institute, british and/or architects:
“Here was a royal fellowship of death.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it’s foundation on such principles & organising it’s powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“The British are a self-distrustful, diffident people, agreeing with alacrity that they are neither successful nor clever, and only modestly claiming that they have a keener sense of humour, more robust common sense, and greater staying power as a nation than all the rest of the world put together.”
—Quoted in Fourth Leaders from the Times (1950)
“All architects want to live beyond their deaths.”
—Philip Johnson (b. 1906)