A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.
The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.
Integrity is essential and irreplaceable. It is the most valuable asset for a person, a company, or a society seeking to build and progress.
Every building must have... its own soul.
We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.
It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.
A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. It's got to work on many levels.
Architecture is not a profession for the faint-hearted, the weak-willed, or the short-lived.
Man is a being of a mixed nature; and, as there is no integrity without its flaws, so is there no man so knavish but that in some things he may be trusted.
There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple.