ARCHITECTURE, WHEN PRACTICED AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL, SPANS THE DIVIDE BETWEEN NATURE, SCIENCE AND ART, ITS FINAL PRODUCT IS SOLIDLY BASED IN THE OBSERVATION OF NATURE THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD, THE UNDERSTANDING OF IT THROUGH THE EYES OF A SCIENTIST AND THE EXPRESSION OF IT THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST. TRUE ARCHITECTURE IS NOT SIMPLY A COMPILATION OF THE OBSERVED FACTS AND REQUIREMENTS. THE ARCHITECT IMPARTS AN EXCITING, HUMAN DIMENSION THAT CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS "POETRY OF FORM".

I QUOTE FROM MARTIN HEIDIGGER:

"THE POET'S TASK IS TO NAME WHAT IS HOLY."

CAN WE NOT EXTEND THIS STATEMENT AND SAY:

"THE ARCHITECT'S TASK IS TO SHOW WHAT IS HOLY."

THE WORK OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN TO EXPERIENCE NATURE IN ALL OF ITS MULTITUDE OF FORMS, UNDERSTAND THE CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF MY AGE AND TO EXPRESS THROUGH THE DESIGN OF MATERIAL THINGS THE BEAUTY AND POETRY THAT IS POSSIBLE IN THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

(LAWRENCE MAREK, AIA, SEPTEMBER, 2006)