Of the many doorways we pass in a short walk, most are fulfilling their purpose, most of them are well-enough built. How many are worth a second look? It seems that there is something more than merely “function,” something more than good construction, something more difficult to achieve, if so few can achieve it. It is precisely the pursuit of this something that makes of architecture a thing apart …

—Paul Philippe Cret

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe