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Originally posted by Spiker:
BTW, Violet-le-Duc was one of the great architects in history. Graves has many followers but considering him as one of the designers of “fantastic” structures may cause a lot of controversy at this point...


No arguement here. I mention Graves not because he is fantastic, but only because of his use of symbolic and metaphorical elements to create fanciful architecture. His very sylistic and "pop culture" work will not survive as Viotet-Le-Duc's.