The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with the architectural concepts of that ancient civilization.

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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 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 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 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.

What people want, above all, is order.

What people want, above all, is order.

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.