Victorian architecture in the United Sta... | Stephen Gardiner

England Architecture

Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England.

- Stephen Gardiner

Other quotes by Stephen Gardiner

Houses

In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture.

- Stephen Gardiner

Today

The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.

- Stephen Gardiner

Idea

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

- Stephen Gardiner

Architecture

French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community.

- Stephen Gardiner

The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages.

- Stephen Gardiner

Houses

The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor.

- Stephen Gardiner

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