Our Settlement Of Land Is Without Regard

The Achilles Heel Of The Americas Was The Lack Of Cultural Confidence Typical Of New Settlers.

Does An Architecture To Assuage The Spirit Have A Place In All This? Unfortunately We Are No Longer The Interpreters Of Our Culture's Myths But The Followers Of That Dubious Client, The Developer, Who Has Little Patience With The Art Of Architecture, The Fine Detail And Obscure Promise, Which Can Upset His Financial Activity.

We Settled This Continent Without Art. So It Was Easy For Us To Treat It As An Imported Luxury, Not A Necessity.

There Is A Single Thread Of Attitude, A Single Direction Of Flow, That Joins Our Present Time To It's Early Burgeoning In Mediterranean Civilization...

The Renaissance Is Studded By The Names Of The Artists And Architects, With Their Creations Recorded As Great Historical Events.