Stephen Gardiner

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

— Stephen Gardiner

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In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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

— Stephen Gardiner

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

— Stephen Gardiner

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

— Stephen Gardiner

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Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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

— Stephen Gardiner

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Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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