But What If We Are

Each Material Is Only What We Make It.

Architecture Has The Power To Create Order Out Of Unholy Confusion.

Let Us Guide Our Students Over The Road Of Discipline From Materials, Through Function, To Creative Work.

Where Can We Find Greater Structural Clarity Than In The Wooden Buildings Of The Old. Where Else Can We Find Such Unity Of Material, Construction And Form? Here The Wisdom Of Whole Generations Is Stored. What Feelings For Material And What Power Of Expression There Is In These Buildings! What Warmth And Beauty They Have! They Seem To Be Echoes Of Old Songs.

A Chair Is A Very Difficult Object. A Skyscraper Is Almost Easier. That Is Why Chippendale Is Famous.