In the East there is a gap between the top of the wall and the underside of the roof; the wall does not act as a support. Instead, it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished.
Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest. - Stephen Gardiner
Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.
- Stephen Gardiner
Human requirements are the inspiration for art. - Stephen Gardiner
Human requirements are the inspiration for art.
Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown. - Stephen Gardiner
Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.
The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man. - Stephen Gardiner
The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.
The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again. - Stephen Gardiner
The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again.
The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. - Stephen Gardiner
The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.
The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center. - Stephen Gardiner
The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.
What people want, above all, is order. - Stephen Gardiner
What people want, above all, is order.
It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process. - Stephen Gardiner
It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.
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