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

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

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

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

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

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