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

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden

Newton, for instance, attempted to comprehend the diversities of the universe with a single system of mathematical laws, the objectivity, sobriety and logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which, while accepting variations and adjustments according to climate and other needs, could be applied universally.

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.

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

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

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.