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 240
s, the roofsof which are made similar in character to that of the primary mass. The coherence again is per-fectly clear, clearer perhaps thanin the first modification; but sogreat a change is involved in theplan, in cutting off so much ofthe upper story that in practicethis second transformation… … Fig. 156. Modification of Fig. 154, in-creasing the central portionuntil it becomes the primarymass. ARCH IT ECTURAL COMPOSITION
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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