Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I usually point out that most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
When it becomes economically possible, building will become montage.
You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.
We have before us the examples of the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. We must remember how long these required to achieve their union. When a solid foundation is laid, if the mason is able and his materials good, a strong house can be built.
I have never laid a brick in my life. But my people have laid more bricks than anybody else put together. Because I know how to pay.
Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together.
The imperial vastness of late Roman architecture was made possible by the invention of concrete.
In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside.
To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation.