“I was trying to discover examples of a living restoration, trying to go beyond discussions about correct historic colors, materials, and techniques. I looked to the past for guidance, to find the graces we need to save. I want to… — Howard Mansfield Copy Share Image
“Good preservation is a life preserver thrown to us in a shipwreck. Good preservation keeps us in touch with the graces of this life. It's bricks and mortar, yes. It's arguments about true colors and authenticity and representation. But true… — Howard Mansfield Copy Share Image
“The [commercial] strip is marketed with the come-on of comfort (the Comfort Inn) and with the promise of a home on the road, a… — Howard Mansfield Copy Share Image
We may talk of saving antique linens, species, or languages; but whatever we are intent on saving, when a restoration succeeds, we rescue ourselves. — Howard Mansfield Copy Share Image
Four hundred years is but a moment in 10,000 years. Time is curved, time is braided. Throw out your clocks. — Howard Mansfield Copy Share Image
“I was trying to discover examples of a living restoration, trying to go beyond discussions about correct historic colors, materials, and techniques. I looked… — Howard Mansfield Copy Share Image
“Good preservation is a life preserver thrown to us in a shipwreck. Good preservation keeps us in touch with the graces of this life.… — Howard Mansfield Copy Share Image
We have everywhere an absence of memory. Architects sometimes talk of building with context and continuity in mind, religious leaders call it tradition, social… — Howard Mansfield Copy Share Image
![“The [commercial] strip is marketed with the come-on of comfort (the Comfort Inn) and with the promise of a home on the road, a home where nobody knows your name and they're glad to see you as long as you can pay. The strip lives in the contradiction of the name Home Depot—domesticity on a…” quote by Howard Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ce/howard-mansfield-57797_architecture_the-commercial-strip-is-marketed-with-th_835423.jpg)
