I call architecture frozen music.
The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor.
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.
In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive.
The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid.
The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.
Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.
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