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

The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world.

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.

It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.

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

Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads.

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