Description |
xiv, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
Series |
Writing architecture series |
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Writing architecture.
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Contents |
Introduction -- Towards the archipelago : defining the political and the formal in architecture -- The geo-politics of the ideal villa : Andrea Palladio and the project of an anti-ideal city -- Instauratio urbis : Piranesi's Campo Marzio vs. Nolli's Nuova Pianta di Roma -- Architecture as a state of exception : Étienne-Louis Boullée's project for a metropolis -- The city within the city : Oswald Mathias Ungers, OMA, and the project of the city as archipelago |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Architecture.
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Cities and towns.
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LC no. |
2010030741 |
ISBN |
9780262515795 paperback alkaline paper |
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0262515792 paperback alkaline paper |
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