Clarence Samuel Steinwas an American urban planner, architect, and writer, a major proponent of the Garden City movement in the United States... (wikipedia)
A city should be built to give its inhabitants security and happiness
The house itself is of minor importance. Its relation to the community is the thing that really counts.
A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space.