Notes and sketches of an architect taken during a journey in the northwest of Europe; (1877)
Narjoux, Félix, Peto, John Frederick, 1854-1907 · Boston, J. R. Osgood · leaf 178
obtuse angle, on the contrary, as in Tig. 90, the facadesare thrown forward, and may be taken in at a single glance;there would be, in such a case, some fear of the monotony re-sulting from a long line of similar openings ; in order to obviatethis inconvenience, the facade is unequally divided, and… … Fig. 91. — View of a House in a Square. there are the divisions with their projections. The stories varyin height, according to their importance and the part which theyare intended to play; and in the thickness of the walls there 174 GERMANY. are recessed balconies, surmounted by large arches,…
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