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 224
primary mass withan appendage. If this isdone, the difficulty then encountered is that the appendageis too large to be properly subordinated to the mass, thelatter being fixed by the limited width of the projection. Whereas if a break can be arranged in the plan, as atb, between the projection and… … Fig. 146. Chateau de Chaumont. The turrets are here increased insize until they have become primarymasses. >oS ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION crease in size (ends to change the primary mass of the building into two appendages. This process is shown in Fig. 147. At a the colonnade is altogether…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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