The primary factor is proportions.

In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture.

Clearly, if a building is not functionally and technically in order, then it isn't architecture either, it's just a building.

Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life.

I do not feel certain until I have confronted my initial solution with other solutions - although in fact the first solution often proves to be the right one.

In a way, the sense of quality has improved, the status symbol of the small things is gone, and it is acceptable to use stainless steel, even if the neighbour uses silver.

On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out.