Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?
Arthur Erickson
Our engineering departments build freeways which destroy a city or a landscape, in the process.
buildup
places architecture
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.
culture environment
Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.
culture
Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.
We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.
culture conscience
Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind.
tradition
In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.
tradition method
We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.
Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.
products
Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.
architecture
Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us.
The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.
architecture transparency
The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.
Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.
innovation
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