Value in architecture can be objective and real, not merely subjective; the degree of life in buildings is a fact that can be observed.

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• the degree of life of different things and places and events is objective - not solely in the individualquote0.853
  Load-bearing assertion of objectivity, summarizing the chapter's thesis.
• Life, as it occurs in buildings or in works of art, can be measured, but only by a method that relies on the degree of development or enlightenment of the observer.claim0.843
  The fundamental methodological conclusion of the chapter.
• A building can have real life only when the building details have life and are adapted, in their fine structure, to the life of the building.claim0.840
  Life at larger scales depends on life at the fine scale.
• We see then that life, as it occurs in buildings or in works of art, can be measured. But it can only be measured, or estimated, in a way which relies on the degree of development, or enlightenment, of the observer.quote0.836
  A key methodological statement encapsulating the chapter's conclusion.
• The degree of life is not merely a distinction between beautiful and ugly things but is detectable in every corner of the world.claim0.830
  Broadens the scope of life from aesthetics to a fundamental property.
• We must have a vision of the world in which life, as the foundation of all architecture, is understood as something objective and inspiring.claim0.819
  The requirement for a new cosmology that makes life objective.
• Given two versions of a building, A and B, can we tell empirically which one has more life, in a way which allows people to reach agreement — that is to say, objectively?question0.818
  Opening question of the chapter that the entire methodological argument is designed to answer
• Value is an objective feature of nature; some parts have more life and are inherently more valuable than others, contradicting the value-free view of science.claim0.815
  Radical extension of the living-structure thesis into normative territory.