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

Quote by Stephen Gardiner

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

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

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.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas,...

Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas,...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with...

The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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.

Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to...

Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to...

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,...