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

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden

In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture.

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

The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.

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

What people want, above all, is order.