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The deepest living structure in buildings is not attainable without some new understanding, without a new faith based on a new physical and intellectual grasp of the nature of the material universe.

A strong conditional: the creation of the highest living structure requires a cosmology that reunites self and matter in terms consistent with modern science.

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To create living structure we must find our own contemporary version of the I—a new vision of the universe in which meaning exists, relatedness and self have a primary place, and which is as real for us as God was in Mozart's heart.
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The central challenge of the chapter: we need a new cosmology with the same existential weight as historical religion.

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What can we do, if this quality is necessary for living structure, and how might we attain it in our era? Is there a new way in which we can reach the real article?
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The pragmatic, forward‑looking question about how to translate the insight into a viable contemporary practice.

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The profound wholeness of living structure, almost every time it has been done most profoundly, has been done in a mystical‑religious context.claim0.847
A sweeping historical observation that grounds the claim that mystical context is a near‑universal condition for the highest living structure.
It is only when engineering and architecture work together from the very first day that deep feeling or life can be attained in a building.claim0.827
Assertion about the necessity of early engineering integration for living quality.
The existence of living structure, as defined in The Nature of Order, requires modifications in our physical picture of the world, not only in the picture we have of architecture.claim0.824
The closing claim of the chapter's mid-book appendix, asserting that the theory of centers has implications for physics.
The creation of living structure cannot be done in any other way.claim0.821
A building which has profound feeling will also solve seemingly unrelated functional aspects.claim0.814
I doubt if we shall plumb the full extent to which a living structure is created until we have thoroughly explored and understood just what these ancient builders did, in what frame of mind they did it, and with what attitude.claim0.813
A statement of incompleteness: our understanding misses the inner state of the builders, which is essential.
The kind of order that occurs in living structure has a complexity not usually describable by drawings or by architectural images.claim0.812
Emphasizes the non-pictorial, process-dependent nature of living order.
The main room of a building—in size, position, light, volume, character, and structure—must be unforgettable.claim0.810
Rule for the most important room.