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Berkeley architecture students admitted, after half an hour of discussion, that they did not genuinely like their own work in the ordinary sense.

Empirical outcome of the architecture jury intervention: students conceded that professional training had never emphasized liking what one makes.

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Berkeley architecture students did not genuinely like their own buildings in the ordinary sense that one likes a hamburger or a rose.
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Alexander's diagnosis at the architecture jury; he led students to admit that they had never been taught to like what they make.

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Architecture Jury at UC Berkeley (c. 1990)
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Final review of a masters' class where Alexander told students they did not genuinely like their own buildings; pandemonium broke out but the students eventually admitted he was right.

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