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Italy Is Full Of Historical Buildings. And Europe Holds A Great History Of Philosophy From Greece Until Today. I Read All Those Books And See These Buildings, And I Think Of Where I Stand When I Design My Architecture.

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Italy Is Full Of Historical Buildings. And

Tadao Ando

Italy Is Full Of Historical Buildings. And Europe Holds A Great History Of Philosophy From Greece Until Today. I Read All Those Books And See These Buildings, And I Think Of Where I Stand When I Design My Architecture.

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