Crazily obsessed with early Christian and medieval architectures recently, as I am translating this section of a book on architectural history. Hagia Sophia, which was thought as an ugly fat monster, now becomes an enigmatic giant who gave little care to narrow human harmony, weak elegance and coward historical regulation. What a powerful existence, it silents all bullshit, it just stands there and be, and be, and be...

    Such thing can only be created by non-architects -- Anthemius and Isidorus. They might be ignorant of architectural routine, but who cares about routine, who cares about the right way, and who cares about  beauty. Asking me what architecture is needed in contemporary China? A big big big pendentive DOME, absolutely.