French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; — Stephen Gardiner
Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community. — Stephen Gardiner
In cities like athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings. — Stephen Gardiner
In japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by zen concepts. — Stephen Gardiner
It is hardly surprising that the georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world. — Stephen Gardiner
It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process. — Stephen Gardiner
It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings. — Stephen Gardiner
Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown. — Stephen Gardiner
Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, japanese flexibility is the greatest. — Stephen Gardiner
The american order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity — Stephen Gardiner
The ancient greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center. — Stephen Gardiner
The chief concern of the french impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark. — Stephen Gardiner
The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor. — Stephen Gardiner
The egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living. — Stephen Gardiner
The english light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail. — Stephen Gardiner
The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again. — Stephen Gardiner
The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. — Stephen Gardiner
The industrial revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization. — Stephen Gardiner
The japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy in any composition. — Stephen Gardiner
The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the french approach. — Stephen Gardiner
The logic of palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally. — Stephen Gardiner
