The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is a must read book if you are into architecture. One of the main passages from this book is when Howard Roark defined architecture as the "fountainhead" of civilization. This grand look upon architects. Rand makes architecture and structures as everlasting objects that defined civilizations throughout history. But what's funny about this book is that you could make the case that Egyptian architects and Greek architects and so on could be considered better "fountainheads" of civilizations than 20th century architects like Howard Roark because they built with material like stone that lasts a lot longer and stays more true to it's form through time than steel and iron. Have you ever seen "Life After People?" The Chrysler building is not going to remain a building long after the American civilization.



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