The mathematics of the ideal villa, and other essays
By: Colin Rowe.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Description: This collection of an important architectural theorist's essays considers and compares designs by Palladio and Le Corbusier, discusses mannerism and modern architecture, architectural vocabulary in the 19th century, the architecture of Chicago, neoclassicism and modern architecture, and the architecture of utopia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The mathematics of the ideal villa.; title: Mannerism and modern architecture.; title: Character and composition.; title: Chicago frame.; title: Neo-classicism and modern architecture I.; title: Neo-classicism and modern architecture II.; title: Transparency: literal and phenomenal (with R. Slutzky).; title: La Tourette.; title: The architecture of utopia.