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Do most architects fall in love with their designs? They should do, but there are many, just in this week's edition which I would wager were actually defensive strike outs at greater society as we all have to endure increasingly each day. In such an atmosphere we really do need calming architecture, but hardly anyone knows how to do this anymore, hence the prerequisite that the design team should really adore their own work, because this might be the single criteria that rescues the design. For instance one architect who often gets himself into these pages for better or worse, I believe loves his system of design rather than the finished product, and this could even apply to more than just this one personage. The so called cleverness and expence of the system can infatuate those not really relating to the site and environment at all. Maybe they should declare their loves too!!!