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August 11, 2008

Architecture

we shall begin by studying Temples. did it ever occur to you that there is only one type of building: the Temple?

Of course, there are different kinds of Temples -- Bacchus wants a different kind of place than Athena does. But every building is the house of a certain god.

Back before Tower Records collapsed under the internet, I went in there one time. The people working there do not care what kind of music you want, but they will move mountains to find it for you. They regarded themselves as priests and priestesses of Pan. The mall is a Pantheon, a temple to all the gods. And we worship there, leaving our offerings and gratefully accepting what the gods will give us.

The successful Architect is a good sherpa, conducting the client to the peak of their chosen mountain. Then coming down and doing it again.

posted by matthew at 12:51 AM