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Cities depend on a healthy mix of uses and people for their vitality. As a pre-eminent world city, London is a magnet to people from across the globe. Richard Rogers
People World Healthy Depend Cities City Vitality London Magnet Globe Mix Across Uses
It was very unusual to employ prettiness as part of a building. Robert Venturi
Building Part Employ Unusual Very
Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart. Russell Page
Heart Fingers Green Extension
A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations. Russell Page
Needs Free Build Own Imagination Eye Only Discerning Hint Understatement Leaves
The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization. Stephen Gardiner
Revolution Extraordinary Those Civilization Industrial Industrial Revolution Another Jumps Story Forward
The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world. Stephen Gardiner
Interior World Outside Outside World Part House Private Private World Exterior
The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with the architectural concepts of that ancient civilization. Stephen Gardiner
Culture Lost Our Ancient Architectural Civilization Never Concepts Ties Western Western Culture Greece Center
The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character. Stephen Gardiner
Life Character Interior Inspiration Since Without Cannot Much Derives Exterior
French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community. Stephen Gardiner
Architecture Community Design Magnificent Combine Like Most French Looks Underlying Always Roman Themes
The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature. Stephen Gardiner
Nature Men Out Prompted Mystery Come Leave Caves Womb
The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden. Stephen Gardiner
Gardening Garden Interior Design Both Beyond Concerned Land
Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights. Stephen Gardiner
Today Heights Following Like Identical Anonymity Houses Flats Gained Certain Plans Floor
Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community. Stephen Gardiner
Architecture Community Respected Scale Both Individual Georgian
What people want, above all, is order. Stephen Gardiner
People Architecture Above Order Want
Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England. Stephen Gardiner
Architecture States Victorian Straight England United United States Copied
Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England. Stephen Gardiner
War Conflict Had Until Been Up Roses England
The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look. Stephen Gardiner
Today Every Remarkably Look Known Housing Modern Romans Form Used
The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages. Stephen Gardiner
Characteristic Primitive House Hall Became Very Dwelling Middle Middle Ages Form Ages Medieval
The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally. Stephen Gardiner
Architecture Logic Could Aesthetic Which Formula Applied Universally Presented
The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. Stephen Gardiner
Wisdom Knowledge Backward Step Taken Step Forward Greater Forward Search
The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again. Stephen Gardiner
Back Further Go Order Again Explore Forward
The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail. Stephen Gardiner
Great Architecture Light Detail Delicacy Misty Very Subtle English Soft
The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living. Stephen Gardiner
Architecture Living More Remembering Dead Concerned Than Contribution Egyptian
The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor. Stephen Gardiner
Corridor Small Also Houses Which Apart Found Ever Serve Hardly
The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid. Stephen Gardiner
Style Outcome Colonial Reveals Material Method American Order Grid Largely Necessity
Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world. Stephen Gardiner
History Man World First Possibly Outside Outside World Attempts Built His Order View Presents
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