What is technology? Technology as applied science and engineering clearly presents a relevant but limited view. It is, perhaps, a better definition of 'technique'. The notion that what designers do with technology is to simply apply scientific knowledge would be to misunderstand both what science and technology is. While the issue of science will be addressed below, suffice it to say that because design cannot be value free, neither can technology in the hands of …showed first 75 words of 1689 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1689 total…of the responsibilities of the architect. This is so because it cannot lead to an understanding of technology. It cannot provide an optimistic base from which to design and it cannot traverse traditional boundaries of disciplines. In the end, Sullivan's desire for architects to "create poems in stone" is exactly what gives it value. As a valuable and optimistic act, architecture has the potential to serve humankind both in survival and in celebration of spirit.