No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

There is an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of things. We are becoming less prone to accept an immediate solution without questioning its larger implications.

Nowhere has specialization penetrated so deeply into the building professions as North America.

Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.

We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward.