The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.
From Arthur Erickson
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.
Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.
We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.
We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.
We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.
Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.
Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.
Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture.
Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly.
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