“Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.”
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Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.
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.
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 of time and space as we have achieved today.
