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 176
re made of thesame pitch as the pavilionroofs, in spite of the gen-eral dictum that all theroofs of a building shouldhave about the same pitch. Nevertheless here, al-though the pitch is reallyso different, the effect is ofabout the same pitch, as the reader may find if he will take the trouble to… … Fig. 113. Roofs of taller and narrower parts,as the attached turrets, should them-selves be taller and narrower relatively. ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION where the pitch is relatively steeper, it lo< >ks about the same,until we examine it critically, when we see the difference.Often the pitch of…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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