"The Great Wall touches on so many subjects — politics, military affairs, architecture, archeology, history," he told me.
As an aide puts it: "Only when we sit in the boat and help row can we hope to have a say in the tempo and direction of the journey".Mr Steiner believes that the events of September 11th may change the architecture of world affairs.
Passionate about music, design, architecture, cinema, international affairs, innovation, start-ups, education.
Thus MoMA's love affair with architecture was born.
He got a job at Denys Lasdun's office, but, given Lasdun's obsession with concrete, there was nowhere less suited to Kaplický's passionate love affair with weightless architecture.
Usually the world's top architecture prize is a predictable affair, going to one of the few internationally renowned starchitects who hadn't been awarded it already (Foster, Rogers, Gehry, Zumthor, Hadid, Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron, Nouvel, they've all got one).
Graduates might find themselves working in property, personal finance, legal affairs, marketing or even architecture.
Finally, the EU's jurisdictional architecture, particularly in monetary and fiscal affairs, is currently contested based on different views on efficiency, redistribution and identity.
Defining the discipline or practice of architecture may seem a simple empirical affair.
A knowledgeable and fluent writer on urban affairs, Mr Flint grasps that architecture depends not just on architects but also on clients, planners, contractors and engineers.
The courthouse has been "the focus of governmental, political and civic affairs," and "its size and architecture dominate" downtown Hartford City.
