The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail.

The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone.

It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.

The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor.

French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community.

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

It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world.