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portal leading into the patio andconverts the patio into a veritable gardenvestibule for the whole building, instead ofan inclosed court. This feeling of airiness and openness hasbeen preserved in the dome that the centralmass supports. The dome becomes a greatbelvedere which commands a… … For MAIN AND PATIO, PASADENA CITY HALLKakcwell and Brown, Architects from this lofty terrace and give this featuregreat aesthetic value. While the garden court, or patio, will notbe completed until the extension of thebuilding along Euclid Avenue entirelycloses it in, a temporary arcade has…
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![An illustration from Architectura curiosa nova, exponens 1. Fundamenta hydragogica, indolemq[ue] aquæ, aëris interventu in altum levandæ. 2. Varios aquarum ac salientium fontium lusus per varia spectatu jucunda epistomiorum seu siphonum genera. 3. Magnum amnissimorum fontium, machinarumq[ue] aquæductoriarum sumtu magno exstructarum, ac per Italiam, Britanniam, Germaniam &c. visendarum, numerum. 4. Specus artificiales sumtuosissimas, cum plerisq[ue] principum europæorum palatiis, hortis, aulis; nec non præcipuis monasteriis atq[ue] arcibus. 5. Cum auctario figurarum elegantissimarum, ad hortorum topiaria vario ductù dividenda, nec non conclavium laquearibus ac pavimentis segmentandis, itemq[ue] labyrinthis construendis, adhibendarum. Omnia 200 æri incisis... descripta (1664)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-architecturacuri00bock-318-178.webp)
