Thus, architects bear tremendous responsibility for their architectonic creations, which enter, without seeking our permission, the personal space of all of us.

They may enrich sensitive recipients by a beautiful form and harmonious realizations or deprive them of the pleasure of staying in a given environment. The facades of the buildings, well or badly designed, remain with us forever–they accompany us during our strolls along the streets of the city or reel behind the windows of our cars, buses or trams. The outer shape of the buildings around us is a result of an architect's work and is usually beyond our direct influence on its specific shape or practical value. Taking advantage of the effects of the architect's work inside the object is usually a personal decision of potential users, who were encouraged to purchase or erect a building taking into account its interesting location, attractive function or aesthetic values. The experience of architecture is richer than the experience of artworks, for example, paintings or sculptures, since it is realised simultaneously on two levels of the dual perception of the outer and inner environment. Architecture is influenced by the time of day and night, by the weather and a situation. An architectonic object is perceived variously–it looks different lit by sunrays, decorated by snow flakes, wrapped in mist, hidden behind rain or only silhouetted against the starlit sky. Continuing this comparison, it can be observed that contrary to a piece of art, framed and hung on the wall–the background of an architectonic object changes dynamically.

Thus, architecture, in its message, can reach everybody it is within every human being's perception all night and day.

On the other hand, the contemplation of architecture–contrary to the works immortalized, for instance, on canvas, which require from the recipient to find time and money for a visit in the art gallery–is accessible to everyday experience. However, this does not mean that the objects, by means of their impact power, do not influence the observer's subconsciousness. Hanna Garbalinska: Architecture is a common good and its involuntary, unforced perception is shared by every person who passes by architectonic objects, often in a rush, without noticing them intentionally.

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