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Taking architecture seriously leads us to the proper treatment of tiny details, to an understanding of the unfolding whole, and to an understanding – mystical in part – of the entity that underpins that wholeness.

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"Taking architecture seriously leads us to the proper treatment of tiny details, to an understanding of the unfolding whole, and to an understanding – mystical in part – of the entity that underpins that wholeness. The path of architecture thus leads inexorably towards a renewed understanding of God."
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Alexander's late-life conclusion articulating architecture as path to God; Steenson uses this to ground her disagreement with his empirical universalism.

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It is the space which comes to life. All that we do, as architects, is then to arrange and rearrange this living space, in such a way as to intensify its life.claim0.807
Synthetic statement that architecture is the art of awakening space.
In portraiture, as in architecture, it is the wholeness which is the real thing that lies beneath the surface and determines everything.claim0.806
Generalization from the Matisse example: artistic success depends on capturing wholeness.
The architect must be a builder, taking the craft of building seriously as part of his work, to achieve life in a building.claim0.801
The separation of design and construction prevents life.
The profound wholeness of living structure, almost every time it has been done most profoundly, has been done in a mystical‑religious context.claim0.800
A sweeping historical observation that grounds the claim that mystical context is a near‑universal condition for the highest living structure.
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.quote0.794
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.claim0.793
Connection between process, perception, and love.
Professional architecture of the 20th century has paid too little attention to the complex, subtle structure that only living processes create, leading to environments that rob millions of common sense.claim0.789
Critique of mainstream architectural practice as detrimental to human wholeness.
The core of architecture is that whatever is made is always the simplest thing consistent with its necessities of feeling and continuous attention to feeling while it evolves into form.claim0.787
Opening declaration of the chapter, synthesizing the essence of living architecture.