The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy in any composition.

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

It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.

The mandala describes balance. This is so whatever the pictorial form.

French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community.

In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world.

The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.