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The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden. (Stephen Gardiner)
Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England. View quote
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It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings. View quote
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Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads. View quote
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The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy in any composition. View quote
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Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest. View quote
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In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world. View quote
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The mandala describes balance. This is so whatever the pictorial form. View quote
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The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature. View quote
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What people want, above all, is order. View quote
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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)
Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design. View quote
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The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization. View quote
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The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living. View quote
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French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community. View quote
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The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally. View quote
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Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England. View quote
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The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character. View quote
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Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights. View quote
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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. View quote
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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)

Stephen Gardiner

Occupation: British Architect
Born: April 25, 1924
Died: February 15, 2007
Quotes count: 46