1001. 375 Park Avenue NY

Dear John,

"Beauty is the splendour of truth" (Plato),
"Beauty is the splendour of order" (St. Augustine)
"Beauty includes three conditions, integrity or perfection,
proportion or harmony; and brightness, or clarity”
(Saint Thomas Aquinas)

R

733. Park Avenue, Seagram Building, NYC

Dear John,

"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." (John Ruskin,
The Seven Lamps of Architecture)

Best regards.
R

338. Park Avenue. New York

Dear Koji,

"I am, in fact, completely opposed
to the idea that a specific building
should have an individual character.
Rather, I believe that it should
express a universal character which
has been determined by the total
problem which architecture must
strive to solve"
(Mies van der Rohe on the
Seagram Building)

Best regards.
R