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Buildings should serve people, not the other way around. - John Po

Buildings should serve people, not the other way around. – John Portman

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Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition. – John Portman

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The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics. – Jay Chiat

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After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and infusing characteristics of traditional Japanese architecture in modern buildings. – Harry Seidler

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