For many years I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose it seems to me must be the improvement of mankind. Topic: Architecture, Author: James Rouse Share Article: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Telegram Share on Whatsapp Copy Link
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1 I feel however that we architects have a special duty and mission… (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning.
2 There is a powerful need for symbolism and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart.
3 Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society.
4 Opera next to Gothic architecture is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.
