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 238
d. In-deed the buildingas it stands looksas if the atticstory had beenadded afterwards. The next ex-ample, at Fig. 154,so far from beingseriously faulty,is a fairly cor-rect and credita-ble performance,open only tominor comments. It is intro-duced to show how much better results may be obtainedfrom… … Fig- 154.Palace of Ludwig Victor, Vienna. The conspicuous defect is the lack of subordi-nation of the central pavilion. ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION As it stands it is composed of a plain, solid, square massbehind, in front of which is placed a flat frontispiece, muchricher than the main building, and…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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