Two of these, Huis ten Bosch and Mauritshuis, are symmetrical blocks with large windows, stripped of ostentatious Baroque flourishes. The same austerely geometrical effect is achieved without great cost or pretentious effects at the stadholder's summer residence of Het Loo.
The passage describes two buildings, Huis ten Bosch and Mauritshuis, that share a symmetrical design with large windows and lack elaborate Baroque ornamentation.  The same streamlined aesthetic can be replicated in a cost-effective manner at the governor's summer home, Het Loo.