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I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.

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Architects by design investigate the play of volumes in light, explore the mysteries of movement in space, examine the measure that is scale and proportion, and above all, they search for that special quality that is the spirit of the place as no building exists alone.

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