Triggs, H. Inigo (Harry Inigo), 1876-1923 · London : Methuen & co. · leaf 324
the raison 274 SQUARES AND OPEN SPACES detre of the place, and it was not until the seven-teenth century that a place was deliberately planned,either as a forecourt to a building or for the betterdistribution of traffic. When we find the buildingstanding quite free and unattached, it is… … FU;. Il6.—LA SIGNORIA, FLORENCE tendency to create oblong places rather than square.The oblong form is especially valuable w^here theprincipal building occupies the shorter end, as by thismeans a proper perspective is afforded. Sitte dividesthese mediaeval places into three great types. First,the…
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