The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.

Quote by Arthur Erickson

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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...

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...

With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly...

With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly...

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...

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...

Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures...

Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures...

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new...

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new...

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...

Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition,...

Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition,...

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

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

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

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

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...

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...

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self...

It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self...

Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric...

Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric...

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...

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but...

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but...

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.

There is an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of things. We are becoming less prone...

There is an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of things. We are becoming less prone...