Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.

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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...

The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like...

The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like...

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

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...

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...

Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion...

Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion...

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...

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...

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.

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....

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations...

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations...

We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.

We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.

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,...

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 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...

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

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.

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...

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.