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The purpose of architecture is to make useful spaces that people want to be in.

Of those two requirements, the second is the more important. If people love a place, they will find ways to adapt it to their needs—or they will adapt thei needs to the place. But if people hate a place, no amount of objective utility will save it: they will take the first opportunity to replace it with something they like better.

This is why beauty in architecture is a necessity, not a luxury.