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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 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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Architecture is not an inspirational business, its a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things thats all. – Harry Seidler

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For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind. – James Rouse

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My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience. – Luis Barragan

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If youre into architecture and youre from the West, everything is hors doeuvres for working to rebuild the Temple. Ultimately youre led there. You cant escape it. – Ben Nicholson

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The frightening thought that what you draw may become a building makes for reasoned lines. – Saul Steinberg

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