Our Engineering Departments Build Freeways Which Destroy

Western History Has Been A History Of Deed Done, Actions Performed And Results Achieved.

We Regard Those Other Cultures Such As That Of India, Where Many People Live And Believe And Behave Much As They Did 1000 Or 2000 Years Ago - As "undeveloped".

Roman Civilization Had Achieved, Within The Bounds Of Its Technology, Relatively As Great A Mastery Of Time And Space As We Have Achieved Today.

Ancient Rome Was As Confident Of The Immutability Of Its World And The Continual Expansion And Improvement Of The Human Lot As We Are Today.

Does An Architecture To Assuage The Spirit Have A Place In All This? Unfortunately We Are No Longer The Interpreters Of Our Culture's Myths But The Followers Of That Dubious Client, The Developer, Who Has Little Patience With The Art Of Architecture, The Fine Detail And Obscure Promise, Which Can Upset His Financial Activity.