I think the best architecture comes from a synthesis of all the elements that separately comprise a building: the structure that holds it up; the services that allow it to function; its ecology; the quality of natural light; the symbolism of the form; the relationship of the building to the skyline or the streetscape; and, perhaps most importantly, the client's vision and the user's needs.
Every hour, she thinks, someone forges the rings, someone carves the cradle, someone loses the war.
She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.