To be whole, a building must be 'lost' in its surroundings—not separate, but part and parcel of them.

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• The exterior structure is as vital a part of the structure of the whole, as the building.claim0.832
  The equal importance of outdoor built elements to the building itself.
• The whole building is an ornament, not something that has ornament added to it.claim0.818
  A fundamental redefinition of ornament: the entire building, in its microstructure, is an ornament.
• I feel the WHOLE building as an ornament. ... the whole building is an ornament—whose rooms, passages, staircases, windows, ceilings, paving, benches, lamps are all extensions, pieces of that ornament.quote0.810
  Load-bearing articulation of Alexander's redefinition of ornament.
• The main room of a building—in size, position, light, volume, character, and structure—must be unforgettable.claim0.809
  Rule for the most important room.
• It is only when surrounded, all around, by such living structure that we begin to feel ourselves whole.quote0.809
  Summation of the human effect of interlocking positive space and mass within a building.
• In modern human society, building actions are not guaranteed to be wholeness preserving because they are governed by mental images and schemata.claim0.809
  Central premise of the chapter.
• In order to make buildings by unfolding - hence by structure-preserving transformations - it is necessary, truly, to pay attention to the wholeness in the world. This 'paying attention to the wholeness' is essentially synonymous with love of life.quote0.808
  Connection between process, attention, and love.
• In order to make buildings by unfolding, it is necessary to pay attention to the wholeness in the world. This 'paying attention to the wholeness' is essentially synonymous with love of life.claim0.808
  Connection between process, perception, and love.