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I am reading Creative Authenticity by Ian Roberts. I’ve only just started, so I haven’t made up my mind about it yet — perhaps it will improve as I wade deeper. One quote from the first chapter on searching for beauty aligns with my thinking of late:“Beauty doesn’t flourish in a culture that honors the bottom line above all. How can a significant architecture result when a corporation’s quarterly report, reflecting the sensible use of resources to build a new factory-a metal rectangle one-tho...