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.

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.

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

Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads.

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

The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail.

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