The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.

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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 Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.

The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.

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 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.

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 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 frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.

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

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 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.

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 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...

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

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

The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.

The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.

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...

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 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,...

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.

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 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...