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 204
ble excuse ifpossible. Take the case, shown in Fig. 131, in which the baldconditions of the plan are shown at a, the projection infront almost forcing itself upon us, no matter how weturn and manage the arrangement in an effort to getrid of it, for our preconception intended quite differentmotive.… … a secondary mass, in this case an octagonal hay, contrastingwith the main roof of the house. The difficulty here en-countered lies in the fact that this projection is Hush withthe end wall of the house, a position in which it is alwayshard to preserve its character as a secondary mass. Thisis…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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