Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today.

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Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

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...

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...

Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for...

Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for...

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may...

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may...

The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it...

The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it...

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....

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...

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...

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may...

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may...

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...

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.

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...

Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.

Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to...

The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to...

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...

After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of...

After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of...

We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness,...

We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness,...

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...