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 211
he plan; it has nocorresponding part on theother side; and, most no-ticeable of all, the differ-ence in the roofs is marked,the line of the ridge ofthe appendage being muchlower, and a dormer of onlya single story being placedupon it. It might havebeen possible to omit eventhis, or to reduce it to… … Fig. 136. Hotel Essex, New York. Still another single primary mass,with one appendage. It is especially intended to illustrate the adaptability of anasymmetrical motive to a large and involved composition. ASYMMETRICAL COMPOSITION 195 At the right is the primary mass, with a long, straightridge,…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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