n of these to go unnoticedwhile quietly taking the blame for whatever mis-takes may have been forced upon him. Quite apart from these aspects of the vicissi-tudes of the country-house architect in America,the development of anything like a national style,or even a strongly individual personal… … Xi.1 Architecture and Imagination tions in this country have achie\c(i conspicuousmerit as such, tlicv can never be rated as possess-ing true architectural significance. Their design-ers have shown their abilities as sclK)hirs ratherthan as architects. That the national \ogue for adaptation took…
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