Word: vitruvius
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...When you are coming out of the elevator bank, you see trees and also a park,” Maki said. Meanwhile, another side is an “entirely different sort of environment, more vibrant.” Maki ended with the famous words of Roman architect Vitruvius, who wrote that a structure must exhibit the qualities of utilitas, firmitas, venustas—translated as “useful, strong, and beautiful.” But Maki said that by venustas Vitruvius really meant “delight.” “Beauty is subject to time...