Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture.

Quote by Arthur Erickson

Topics: Urban Quotes

The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit,...

The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit,...

I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself....

I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself....

Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating...

Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating...

Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.

Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.

The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual...

The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual...

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a...

There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a...

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations...

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations...

You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor...

You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor...

Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.

Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.

We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th...

We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th...

Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process.

Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process.

The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while...

The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while...

Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our...

Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our...

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement...

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement...

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain...

The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain...

Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.

Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.

We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.

We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.

The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like...

The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like...