The reason why we forgot that is because the times in history when architecture did the most to transform society were those times when, actually, the one percent would build on behalf of the 99 percent, for various different reasons, whether that was through philanthropy in the 19th century, communism in the early 20th, the welfare state, and most recently, of course, through this inflated real estate bubble.
Razlog zašto to zaboravljamo je taj što su povijesna razdoblja u kojima je arhitektura ponajviše utjecala na društvene promjene, bila ona vremena u kojima je tih 1% gradilo za onih 99%, iz raznih pobuda, bilo to iz čovjekoljublja u 19. stoljeću, u komunizmu ranog 20. stoljeća, u državi blagostanja ili, naravno, kroz nedavno napuhani nekretninski balon.