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

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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...

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.

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.

The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as...

The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as...

In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen...

In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen...

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 frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.

The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.

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 further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to...

The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to...

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...

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...

The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling...

The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling...

French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman...

French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman...

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.

Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following...

Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following...

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

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

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

People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish.

People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish.

What people want, above all, is order.

What people want, above all, is order.

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,...