I wonder if religious architecture will ever reach the level of grandeur of past works. I'm skeptical that any civilization will make a return to the funerary traditions practiced by the ancient Egyptians. A big pile of stone wouldn't excite a building committee these days. Big piles of glass are in style, and may end up enjoying a tenure that lasts as long as the great masonry traditions.

In my last post I made the claim that technology changes the way we do things. That was remarkably insightful--I'm expecting a prize in the mail any day now. I need to brush up on my Leo Marx.