The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character.

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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 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 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...

What people want, above all, is order.

What people want, above all, is order.

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...

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...

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.

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.

The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy...

The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy...

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.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

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...

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

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

It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape...

It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape...

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 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 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 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 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,...