10. “the blending of the genius loci with my modern concept of
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architecture allowed me to create the house that i never
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would have built under the completely different climatic,
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technical and psychological conditions in europe.”
18. As to my practice,when I built my first house in the us which was my own.
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I made it a point to absorb into my own conception those features of the New England
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architectural tradition that I found still alive and adequate. This fusion of the regional
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spirit with a contemporary approach to design produced a house that I would never
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have built in Europe with its entirely different climatic, technical and psychological
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background.
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—Walter Gropius
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