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

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This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and...

This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and...

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...

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.

Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.

Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.

God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made...

God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made...

Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art...

Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art...

The heart, not the head, must be the guide.

The heart, not the head, must be the guide.

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.

We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it...

We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it...

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...

We regard those other cultures, such as that of India, where many people live and...

We regard those other cultures, such as that of India, where many people live and...

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.

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by...

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by...

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations...

We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations...

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are...

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are...

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...

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We...

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We...

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?