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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.

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