"There can be little doubt that in many ways the story of bridge building is the story of civilisation. By it we can readily measure an important part of a people’s progress."
A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and often windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for numerous factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and a
"Dancing and architecture are the two primary and essential arts. The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside the person; and in the end they unite."
Building"Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it be securely founded; that it be successfully executed."
Building"I knew, as everyone knows, that the easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place some one is going to attempt something that in the event of failure will mean sudden death. Thats what attracts us to the man who paints the flagstaff on the tall building, or to the human fly who scales the walls of the same building."
Building"I do not believe that ever any building was truly great, unless it had mighty masses, vigorous and deep, of shadow mingled with its surface."
Building"We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us."
Building"To be a man is to be responsible: to be ashamed of miseries you did not cause; to be proud of your comrades victories; to be aware, when setting one stone, that you are building a world."
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