Nowadays, The Process Of Growth And Development

The Structure Of Life I Have Described In Buildings - The Structure Which I Believe To Be Objective - Is Deeply And Inextricably Connected With The Human Person, And With The Innermost Nature Of Human Feeling.

All Space And Matter, Organic Or Inorganic, Has Some Degree Of Life In It, And Matter/space Is More Alive Or Less Alive According To Its Structure And Arrangement.

In Short, No Pattern Is An Isolated Entity. Each Pattern Can Exist In The World Only To The Extent That Is Supported By Other Patterns: The Larger Patterns In Which It Is Embedded, The Patterns Of The Same Size That Surround It, And The Smaller Patterns Which Are Embedded In It.

I Believe That All Centers That Appear In Space - Whether They Originate In Biology, In Physical Forces, In Pure Geometry, In Color - Are Alike Simply In That They All Animate Space. It Is This Animated Space That Has Its Functional Effect Upon The World, That Determines The Way Things Work, That Governs The Presence Of Harmony And Life.

High Buildings Have No Genuine Advantages, Except In Speculative Gains For Banks And Land Owners. They Are Not Cheaper, They Do Not Help Create Open Space, They Destroy The Townscape, They Destroy Social Life, They Promote Crime, They Make Life Difficult For Children, They Are Expensive To Maintain, They Wreck The Open Spaces Near Them, And They Damage Light And Air And View.