The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid.

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

In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings.

The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid.

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

The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor.

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