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
men caves mystery
The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature.
men swag circles
The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.
men views order
Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world.
men caves
The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.
peace men shapes
It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.
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.