| American Domestic Architecture ~ Chapter One (7890 words) |
 | Architectural publications had a dramatic impact particularly in rural areas, where no architectural services were available, permitting builders in the country to erect the latest designs. |
| In the case of Los Angeles, a functional architecture with flat roofs, stucco exterior walls, open courtyards, patios, pergolas, and use of glass window-walls and doors developed that was appropriate for both the mild climate and the out-door lifestyle. |
| Architectural historians should be allowed many diversions, but their first responsibility is to show how, through a compelling rendering of the elements of architecture and their assembly, vital ideas become transmuted into vivid and memorable form. |
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