BUILDING MANIA
-•lannestations peculiar to the totalitarian State include the inr pulse to glorify itself in luxurious and enormous public buildings thHt arc artistically wretched and vulgar, it has something maniacal about it and calls to mind that a building mania. _to accommodate "officialdom. clinically a well-knom symptom. Fur example in Germany. The same applies with equal forceU New Zealand. Auckland as an illustration—these ugly structures are intended to perpetuate the fame of those in high places, especially when they sub-conscioiKly feel that their political life is fast coming to an end. A mentality which corresponds to palaces and marble halls, the banquet tab'e loaded with rare wines and costly dishes, not only violates refinement. culture and art but reflects at the same time insolent confidence—a sort of public insult ever present. HARRY WOODRUFFE.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 167, 17 July 1941, Page 6
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