ABSTRACT
In architecture, it means focusing not on stories about but by buildings. For that to be done a basic premise must be accepted: that the plans of buildings are like the plots of stories. The stories buildings tell have both historical and fictional dimensions, variously proportioned according to type-temples, for example, more fiction, houses more history. Although much of the meaning of an archi-tectural work is contingent on its engagements with its milieu, buildings must also be all of a piece in themselves. Instances of recollection include the mnemonic functioning of spolia, the coupling of locations that are spatially and geographically distinct, movements that collapse the distinction between "now" and "then", and several others the author have described. From a distance, the building that houses the collection presents not one but two facades: one resting on the entry terrace and another reflected in the pool.
