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This is an excerpt of a dutch encyclopdia from 1955 (translated so a bit of beauty is lost), that strangely sounded poetic in a so called objective book. And it spoke to me, because I also have an interest in architecture (thank you Annabeth Chase, strange how the world works and can influence you)

" Moreover, the past has its own meaning for every person, without falling into imitations, it is quite possible to make tradition resonate in the home. Every building: cinema or church, factory or electric power station, ministry or garage, has its own requirements for efficiency, but can also express its material and immaterial inner nature through its appearance. It is up to the architect to find the balance and shape the material and spiritual functions expected of a particular building. It will be the architect's personal vision that makes him focus more on one or the other. It is the old, but never consciously waged, battle between spirit and matter that makes the picture of modern buildings so complicated. But the reflection to which this struggle forces the architect, cannot help but benefit the building."