You could walk out of the house, but you always returned home. Votes: 7
The most beautiful house in the world is the one that you build for yourself. Votes: 6
While cities are distinguished by their architecture and physical appearance, Bell and de-Shalit make a compelling case that many major world cities--and their inhabitants--also express their own distinctive ethos or values. The Spirit of Cities takes the reader on a wide-ranging and lively personal journey. Votes: 4
Architecture is an applied art, founded not on theories but on practice. Votes: 3
For where else, if not in the home, can we let our imagination wander? Votes: 3
Television watching should more properly be called television staring; it engages eye and ear simultaneously in a relentless and persistent way and leaves no room for daydreaming. This is what makes watching such an inferior form of leisure Votes: 3
The truth is that a nineteenth-century warehouse exhibits greater craft in its construction than all but the most expensive modern buildings. Votes: 1
There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book. Votes: 0