Context, the ability of a building to relate meaningfully to its immediate surroundings, is generally a prized value in the architectural community-most architects pay lip service to it anyway. A building's size, the materials used in its construction, and the style in which it is designed are all factors in determining whether and how well a building complements the larger neighborhood of which it is a part. Washington, D.C., with its preponderance of limestone and marble buildings is a good example of a cityscape successfully molded by a fairly strict adherence to such an organizing principle. The French Quarter of New Orleans is another.
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