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.

Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.

What people want, above all, is order.

Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world.

The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.

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

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