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A tribute to the great architect Quinlan Terry. This is a tribute video. I am not associated with Quinlan Terry. Visit Quinlan Terry's website on: www.qftarchitects.com Nowadays, Quinlan Terry is in danger of being forgotten because so many of his buildings are private houses that the public never sees. He says he wishes he could have built more public architecture so that ordinary people could share the pleasure of classical buildings, but the architectural establishment was against him. The glass and steel 'oil refineries', the hideous gherkins - will fall down, he believes, in 40 years, whereas his will last for centuries. Given that most of his commissions come from private clients, or from property developers. He is a deeply serious believer in classical architecture, who spent his youth measuring old buildings in Rome and drawing every detail of their ornamentation in exquisite penmanship. It would be wise to start using classic styles again, and we need to get over our post-WWII fear of classic and ornate things. modern architecture quickly becomes ugly to the general public after its newness wares off, then it just becomes an eyesore (except a few structures). The public has never fallen in love with modern architecture like they were 'supposed' to. The same with much modern art. "Have you ever looked at a bizarre building design and wondered, "What were the architects thinking?" Have you looked at a supposedly "ecological" industrial-looking building, and ...