Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

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

What people want, above all, is order.

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 of the landowner of the Middle Ages.

In the East there is a gap between the top of the wall and the underside of the roof; the wall does not act as a support. Instead, it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished.

Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.