The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid.

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

Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave.

Newton, for instance, attempted to comprehend the diversities of the universe with a single system of mathematical laws, the objectivity, sobriety and logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which, while accepting variations and adjustments according to climate and other needs, could be applied universally.

In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world.

The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.

Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world.