Christopher Wren Quote

Architecture has its political use; public buildings being the ornament of a country; it establishes a nation, draws people and commerce; makes the people love their native country…Architecture aims at eternity.


'Of Architecture' (written 1666) in Christopher Wren (1675–1747) Parentalia; or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens (1750)


Architecture has its political use; public buildings being the ornament of a country; it establishes a nation, draws people and commerce; makes the...

Architecture has its political use; public buildings being the ornament of a country; it establishes a nation, draws people and commerce; makes the...

Architecture has its political use; public buildings being the ornament of a country; it establishes a nation, draws people and commerce; makes the...

Architecture has its political use; public buildings being the ornament of a country; it establishes a nation, draws people and commerce; makes the...