Transcription: The architect of this house, Robert Stern, tells us that it revives specific architectural phrases from an 18th century house by Sir John Sloan and a museum by C.R. Cockrell. However, Stern might argue that a house built in the classical style is not really a revival because the style has never disappeared from popular use. It represents a continuum of Western culture from Hellenic Greece to today. This view of classicism would suggest that houses like the Hewlett Harbor residence are an extension of a living tradition, rather than the preservation or revival of a dead ideal. There is no doubt ...
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