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It should fit with the land, or
be a monument on it, depending upon the owner's desires and
the lay of the land. The building should be scaled accordingly.
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Care must be taken to consider the
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Proximity of the neighbors, access
to the property, and the form of the land must be considered.
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The third is the building's relationship to itself.
Architects like to call this the "composition" of the
building, and it deals with order, proportion, and scale.
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