"God is in the Details"
"God is in the Details" - Mies van der Rohe I have always found this quote about architecture interesting, and in many ways, I can identify with and relate to it. Far too often, architecture is focused and obsessed with the grand gesture or only the exterior form of a design. When having the chance to experience and observe really great architecture, I find it to be successful at all scales. From a distance, the building intrigues with a unique profile or powerful forms revealing themselves in a landscape. From a closer viewpoint, the building reveals dynamic spaces, a sense of materiality, craft, texture, and pattern that heighten the experience as well as change perception and awareness as one occupies and moves through it. Finally, as the building envelops us with its forms and surfaces, we are allowed the delight of discovering the small details. These are the moments where, if you are paying close attention, greatness happens. Here, we see the