In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world.
Human requirements are the inspiration for art.
The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden
The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid.
Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.
In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings.