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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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