Tahiti Has Been Spoiled For

Our Settlement Of Land Is Without Regard To The Best Use Of Land.

Today's Developer Is A Poor Substitute For The Committed Entrepreneur Of The Last Century For Whom The Work Of Architecture Represented A Chance To Celebrate The Worth Of His Enterprise.

We Settled This Continent Without Art. So It Was Easy For Us To Treat It As An Imported Luxury, Not A Necessity.

The Achilles Heel Of The Americas Was The Lack Of Cultural Confidence Typical Of New Settlers.

Does An Architecture To Assuage The Spirit Have A Place In All This? Unfortunately We Are No Longer The Interpreters Of Our Culture's Myths But The Followers Of That Dubious Client, The Developer, Who Has Little Patience With The Art Of Architecture, The Fine Detail And Obscure Promise, Which Can Upset His Financial Activity.