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The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its exte

The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs. – Harry Seidler

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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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After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration. – Harry Seidler

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Whatever good things we build end up building us. – Jim Rohn

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A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of an authentic democracy. – Walter Gropius

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