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The Gospel of architecture
Patrick Tomassi, First Things
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Architecture is always a way of conveying our beliefs about the world, and our place in it, in physical form; and buildings have a profound effect on the people who use them. Put another way, when we build, we put into the world a “gospel,” which will be preached long after we are gone.