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The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 173
Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world. Stephen Gardiner History 114
The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living. Stephen Gardiner architecture 97
The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy in any composition. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 85
In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture. Stephen Gardiner House 85
The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail. Stephen Gardiner Architecture 82
The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 80
French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community. Stephen Gardiner Architecture 78
Human requirements are the inspiration for art. Stephen Gardiner Art 76
Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community. Stephen Gardiner architecture 75
Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design. Stephen Gardiner Design 72
Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads. Stephen Gardiner Past 70
The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 68
In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts. Stephen Gardiner Art 68
The interior of the house personifies the private world the exterior of it is part of the outside world. Stephen Gardiner architecture 64
It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 59
Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England. Stephen Gardiner architecture 58
The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 57
Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown. Stephen Gardiner Home 56
The mandala describes balance. This is so whatever the pictorial form. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 54
The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 52
The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden. Stephen Gardiner Gardening 51
The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally. Stephen Gardiner architecture 50
The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. Stephen Gardiner Wisdom 49
The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with the architectural concepts of that ancient civilization. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 37
Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 35
The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 35
The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 33
Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave. Stephen Gardiner Creation 33
The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 32
In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 32
People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 32
The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 31
The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 31
In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 31
What people want, above all, is order. Stephen Gardiner Architecture 30
In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 30
The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 30
The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 28
In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 28
In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 28
It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 28
Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest. Stephen Gardiner Architecture 28
Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 26
The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone. Stephen Gardiner Influence 25
It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process. Stephen Gardiner Uncategorized 23

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