“Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.”
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So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.
We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.
If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.
The interior of the house personifies the private world the exterior of it is part of the outside world.