How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 46
relation they bear to one another and to thesupporting five horizontal lines. This main axis may pass through the true centre ofthe mass or it may not. It may parallel the true centreon either side, or may cut it at any angle. Nevertheless,it remains the controlling factor in the composition, andit… … □-Pi HOW TO KNOW ARCHITECTURE Each part must balance the other parts of its own divisionsand must itself have balance. Therefore, in the structuralplan we have numerous minor axes for each of the parts.The rooms of one half of a house, for instance, mustbalance those of the other half. They must…
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