His ability to maintain his opinions against all assaults won his pupils' unswerving allegiance and their frustrations, at the same time. He demonstrated his building and design ability every day as the work proceeded, irrespective of the observers' personal opinion of it. It could not be denied. He encouraged the rich to become patrons of his grea... See more

Architects were losing control over the execution of more conventional designs as well. Once considered the master builders, the professionals with authority over every step of the building process from design through construction, architects were increasingly being pushed to the margins, victims of a process that was believed to be too complex for

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