Larsen, Matthew2014-03-142014-03-142006-02-10etd-02242006-154153http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31336This thesis is the search for clarity in the relationship between essence and appearance, construction and form, necessity and possibility, object and subject. It is a reflection on the question of the nature of building. I cannot tell you that something is beautiful. I can only explain why I do what I do, and how I do it. I have tried to limit the text to a minimum, because architecture is not about words. Text is added to clarify an idea. The project is a bank made with brick in Old Town Alexandria.In Copyrightnature of buildingformmaterialbrickThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02242006-154153/