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

Quote by Stephen Gardiner

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The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture...

The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture...

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 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 chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and...

The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and...

It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.

It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.

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

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

In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle...

In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle...

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...

It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in...

It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in...

The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.

The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.

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.

Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave.

Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave.

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the...

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the...

What people want, above all, is order.

What people want, above all, is order.

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 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 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...

The mandala describes balance. This is so whatever the pictorial form.

The mandala describes balance. This is so whatever the pictorial form.

In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world.

In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.