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

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Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

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 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.

The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part...

The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part...

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 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.

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

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

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...

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.

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.

Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England.

Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England.

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 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...

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

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

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 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.

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...

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,...

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

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