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Houses for town or country (1907)

Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 124

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s the mixtureof propriety and distinction which they need. Atpresent distinction is too often obtained at the ex-pense of propriety and comfort, and propriety andcomfort too often obtained at the expense of dis-tinction. In order to combine distinction with pro-priety the architects will have to… … HOUSE WITH CROCXDS ENCLOSED up to the highest standard of professional and tech-nical rectitude. His great advantage consists orshould consist in the fact that he wishes to controlthe whole design in the interests of his client. If heswerves from this high technical and professionalideal, he will…

Architecture, Domestic · Interior decoration

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