Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads.
What people want, above all, is order.
Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.
The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid.
The mandala describes balance. This is so whatever the pictorial form.
The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.