No.0040 A Communication of Their Own Gainsford Street, London, UK An adequate function and an adequate distribution of mass, the technology to support them and an adequate expression for these purposes. When these fulfill the original purpose of a building, it might be said that the building is rational. This element takes its basis from practical human life. Human life cannot be separated from the society and its history. Therefore as long as an architecture, being an expression of culture, strives to provide better qualities for the humankind, it should correspond to the purpose that life intends. … It would be more ethical and would make society healthier if architecture could embrace life as it is; a school as school, a church as church, and a dwelling as dwelling. … Page 13
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