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“The industrialisation of building has had the negative effect of transforming buildings wich ought to be objects of long-term use into short-term consumer goods, aggravating the wastage of construction materials beyond what is ecologically tolerable.”
— Léon Krier, 1998

“Secondly, the enforced promotion of industrialisation has marginalised traditional crafts not out of practical necessity but for largely ideological motives.”
— Léon Krier, Architecture: Choice or Fate, 1998

“The large-scale industrialisation of building has failed on numerous counts. It has not brought about any significant technical improvements. It has not reduced building times and costs but has reduced the lifespan of buildings.”
— Léon Krier, Architecture: Choice or Fate, 1998

“It has not increased construction capacities. It has not improved working conditions on building sites nor created more jobs.”
— Léon Krier, Architecture: Choice or Fate, 1998

“The industrialisation of building has, on the contrary, destroyed the majority of the thirty-nine construction crafts and their immense repertory of technical know-how.”
— Léon Krier, Architecture: Choice or Fate, 1998

“It also has been unable to develop acceptable solutions for the typological, morphological, social and economic complexity of mature urban centres and landscapes.”
— Léon Krier, Architecture: Choice or Fate, 1998

“Whatever their style; whether they are traditional or modernist, buildings of quality are the products of artisan rather than industrial processes. But craftsmanship and its characteristic manual dexterity have been devastated by industrial relations and the division of labour.”

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