ABSTRACT
When carefully and skilfully designed, an artefact of human ingenuity may be regarded as beautiful. There can be an internal harmony to its design which offers a certain aesthetic appeal. However, our judgement of beauty can no longer be limited to such a narrow frame. Something cannot be judged beautiful until we understand how it sits within a larger context. If we see that it is the cause of social or environmental harm, how can it be beautiful? But when our interventions are sensitive to their surroundings and in harmony with them, we become cognisant of a richer, deeper notion of beauty.
