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

— Stephen Gardiner

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Human requirements are the inspiration for art. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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I see little alteration at Lyons since I formerly passed through it. Its manufactories are, nevertheless, flourishing, though less improvement than could be expected is visible in the external aspect of the place. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

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In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead. ↗

— 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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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

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The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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