Architectural composition : an attempt to order and phrase ideas which hitherto have been only felt by the instinctive taste of designers (1908)
Robinson, John Beverley, 1853- · New York : Van Nostrand · leaf 161
ows, I \ \ / ,, yS Fig. 98. Proportionate relations betweenparts of the first order. 144 ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION all of which are vertically elongated rectangles, even to thenot numerically proportionate, notably so the second-story windows of the main building, yet all of similar char-acter, and… … Fig. 99. Townsend House, Washington, D. C. Excellent example of correct proportion between mass and appendages. Tims, in this instance, the mass and appendages are propor-tionate in one ratio, the roofs in a second, and the windowsin still a third. An example of classic reputation, the Villa…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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