The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature.

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In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious...

In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious...

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the...

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the...

Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design.

Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design.

Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.

Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy...

The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy...

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.

The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life,...

The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life,...

What people want, above all, is order.

What people want, above all, is order.

The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.

The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.

The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle,...

The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle,...

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in...

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in...

In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central...

In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central...

The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.

The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.

The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.

The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.

The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also...

The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also...

The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious...

The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious...

In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside...

In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside...

Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.

Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.

The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living.

The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living.