Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Quotes About House

Quotes about: House

• The proper form of economy must be observed in building houses for each and every class.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Building Houses, Class, Economy

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book I, Chapter II, Section 9,

• The Phrygians select a natural hillock, run a trench through the middle of it, dig passages, and extend the interior space as widely as the site admits. Over it they build a pyramidal roof of logs fastened together, and this they cover with reeds and brushwood, heaping up very high mounds of earth above their dwellings. Thus their fashion in houses makes their winters very warm and their summers very cool.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Summer, Running, Fashion

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book II, Chapter I, Section 5,

• At Halicarnassus, the house of that most potent king Mausolus, though decorated throughout with Proconnesian marble, has walls built of brick which are to this day of extraordinary strength, and are covered with stucco so highly polished that they seem to be as glistening as glass. That king did not use brick from poverty; for he was choke-full of revenues, being ruler of all Caria.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Kings, Wall, Glasses

  "De architectura (Ten Books on Architecture)". Book by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Book II, Chapter VIII, Section 10), circa 15 BC.

• If our designs for private houses are to be correct, we must at the outset take note of the countries and climates in which they are built.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Country, House, Design

  "De architectura (Ten Books on Architecture)". Book by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Book VI, Chapter I, Section 1), circa 15 BC.

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