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Discourses on architecture (1875)

Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, Van Brunt, Henry, 1832-1903 · Boston : James R. Osgood · leaf 451

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e opening towards theSouthwest enabled them to exercise in the sunshine ; in both cases,the projections of the narrow pavilions or tm*rets sheltered the prome-naders from the wind. From thèse porticos there was easy access toail the rooms of state and private apartments of the household in… … The scrupulous exactness with which the architect observed ail theconditions of this programme, and yet, although under such restraints,the elasticity and docility of the architecture lie employed, and hisindividual independence in employing it, are matters which deserveour especial study. CHÂTEAUX…

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