Architecture is the art of reconciliation between ourselves andthe world, and this mediation takes place through the senses - Juhani Pallasmaa

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It evolved from my experience in the fifties, growing up during the McCarthy era, and hearing a lot of assumptions that America was wonderful and Communism was terrible.

Juhani Pallasmaa

Architecture is the art of reconciliation between ourselves andthe world, and this mediation takes place through the senses

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Architecture is about the understanding of the world and turning it into a more meaningful and humane place.

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The door handle is the handshake of the building.

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A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being.

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Gravity is measured by the bottom of the foot; we trace the density and texture of the ground through our soles. Standing barefoot on a smooth glacial rock by the sea at sunset, and sensing the warmth of the sun-heated stone through one's soles, is an extraordinarily healing experience, making one part of the eternal cycle of nature. One senses the slow breathing of the earth.

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I see the task of architecture as the defense of the authenticity of human experience

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