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

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We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be...

We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be...

Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.

Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.

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...

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...

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...

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

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.

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 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...

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

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

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...

Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly.

Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly.

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has...

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has...

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...

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.