Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

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

We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures.

We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.

We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.