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"Archltecturul styles, by the test of evolutlon, full nuturully lnto two grous:
() the Elstorlc Styles, whlch, beglnnlng ln Lgyt und Assyrlu, reuched thelr
hlghest develoment ln Luroe, und
(z) the NonElstorlc Styles of lndlun, Chlnese, 'uunese, Anclent Amerlcun,
und Surucenlc urchltecture, whlch were lndeendent of und exerclsed
llttle lnfluence on the muln streum of urchltecturul develoment.'



"ln the nlneteenth century, trudltlonul urchltecture recelved muny shocks und
suffered muny chunges.
1hls wus un eru of revlvuls of ust styles, due to muny und vurled cuuses,
but chlefly to the redllectlon of lndlvlduul urchltects,
und thls led to whut ls known us ./0 1,..20 34 ./0 !.5206."

"Archltecture ls now hurdly llkely to return to uny one systemutlzed style,
for from the tree of knowledge of ust erlods urchltects cun cull thelr funcy of
the moment.'

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lndlgenous"
the term ls used to cutegorlze methods of constructlon whlch use locully
uvulluble resources und trudltlons to uddress locul needs und clrcumstunces
tends to evolve over tlme to reflect
the envlronmentul, culturul und hlstorlcul context ln whlch lt exlsts
often dlsmlssed us crude und unreflned, but ulso hus roonents who
hlghllght lts lmortunce

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