Stephen Gardiner
Stephen Gardiner
Stephen Gardinerwas an English bishop and politician during the English Reformation period who served as Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I and King Philip...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth25 April 1924
Stephen Gardiner quotes about
logic architecture formulas
The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.
conditions crowded establish houses steep territory
In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive.
architecture buildings design good problems solved
Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.
industrial
The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.
order
The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again.
egypt subordination subordinates
In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.
garden house world
In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world.
house stones littles
In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture.
style world remarkable
It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world.
hunters process farmers
It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.
house height today
Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights.
england united-states architecture
Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England.
war rose england
Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.
looks today modern
The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.