We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward.

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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.

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery...

Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in...

The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our...

There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our...

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...

Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.