Augustus Welby Pugin Quote

The two great rules for design are these: 1st, that there should be no features about a building which are not necessary for convenience, construction, or propriety; 2nd, that all ornament should consist of enrichment of the essential construction of the building. The neglect of these two rules is the cause of all the bad architecture of the present time.


True Principles (1841)


The two great rules for design are these: 1st, that there should be no features about a building which are not necessary for convenience,...

The two great rules for design are these: 1st, that there should be no features about a building which are not necessary for convenience,...

The two great rules for design are these: 1st, that there should be no features about a building which are not necessary for convenience,...

The two great rules for design are these: 1st, that there should be no features about a building which are not necessary for convenience,...