We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.
Minoru Yamasaki
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- We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.
- So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.
- Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.
- If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.
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