"If my work is deemed nostalgic, or
romantic, I take no offense. Our homes
are meant to be the most comforting
physical realization of our lives. They are
what nourish our spirit and soul. They are
who we are, and they should embody both
our personal and cultural memories. They
should connect us to the generations that
have brought us here to this place, and
they should form the memories for the
generations that will follow. This continuum
is who we are as a culture, and without it
we once again would be wandering the
wilderness, without purpose or place."
S
o writes architect Michael G. Imber, with clarity
and eloquence, at the beginning of this monograph
by Elizabeth Meredith Dowling, about his romantic
vernacular and classical oeuvre. The book has the quality
of a treatise. Dowling sets forth an erudite biographical
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