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 77
er the termmasses; and their relative size marks them as primary orsecondary. One step further: In Fig. 24, a, the two gabled parts,that constitute two primary masses, are connected by aportion of what would become the main mass of the buildingif the primary masses were removed. Now it serves only… … ate buildings, accidentally juxtaposed, producing the sameinnoyance in the mind as a row of speculative buildersch separated by its four-foot alley, and all pre-cisely alike. Let us call Ibis part which connects the primary masses alink, indicating indissoluble binding together as its essential…
Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc · Building
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