过去从未死去，它甚至还未过去。

Architecture is a profession that takes on the public realm, and in that sense it has to deal with the political.

Now some advantages particular to this age are not to be denied. Boredom seems to have been vanquished. There is always something to do, but hasn’t this translated into a perpetual distraction in our lives.

释义：以自己的欲望去顺从他人的人会昌盛，以他人的欢乐来满足自己私欲的人会灭亡。这句话强调了顺应民意与自私自利的不同结局。