There is an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of things. We are becoming less prone to accept an immediate solution without questioning its larger implications.

Quote by Arthur Erickson

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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,...

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...

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...

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert...

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert...

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 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...

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...

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

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.

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 heart, not the head, must be the guide.

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

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.

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...