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 191
a b Fig. 121. Contrast of form between the masses and their link and appendages isshown at a, similarity at b. 71 ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION a shows contrast of form in treatment; b, similarity. Inthe first c.isc, a, the primary masses have fiat tops, whilelinks and appendages are pitch-roofed; in b… … Fig. 12 2. The appendages at <; are similar in form to the mass; at b they are in contrast It will n< >t do at all, however, to make one tower pitch-roofedand one flat, as this would introduce a contrast in the mem-bers of the group which never produces an effect otherwisethan lamentable.…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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