Firmness, commodity, and delight
Why Does Beauty Matter?
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It was then I realised architecture is not about creating structures that are aesthetically pleasing or merely functional: it’s about designing spaces that evoke emotion and resonate with the human spirit. The Farnsworth House may have been a triumph of modernist design, but it lacked the warmth and humanity architecture should embody.
A Pattern Language: A user's guide to the seminal architectural handbook
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