| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvii, 184 pages) : illustrations, plans |
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Open Access e-Books |
| Contents |
Comparative plans of the sites studied -- I. The discovery of the ancient Greek system of architectural spacing. 1. Investigation ; 2. Documentation ; 3. Conclusion : development of the twelve- and ten-part system of architectural spacing -- II. Description of some ancient Greek sites. 4. Use of the twelve- and the ten-part system ; 5. Use of the twelve-part system ; 6. Use of the ten-part system ; 7. Use of exceptions to the system |
| Summary |
Doxiadis is best known as an architect-planner, as a consultant with an international clientele, as something of a prophet whose outlook is focused on man's worldwide future. But here, in his first major study, originally published in German in 1937, Doxiadis looks back into the past, to the architectural roots of his native Greece. He works out a theory that accounts for the seemingly unordered layout of the buildings in ancient Greek sacred precincts, proposing that the spatial relationships between the buildings were strictly determined according to a plan. Doxiadis examines in detail nearly thirty sites, charts their layouts, and presents relevant linear and angular measurements. Numerous site plans and about forty halftones complement the text. The full references include many recent sources. The trim size of the book itself is proportioned by means of the golden section |
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Architecture Sites Planning Theories Ancient Greece |
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ARCHITECTURE/Architectural History/General |
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Translation of the author's thesis, prepared at the Berlin Charlottenburg Technische Hochschule and published in 1937 under title: Raumordnung im griechischen Städtebau |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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City planning -- Greece
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Cities and towns, Ancient -- Greece
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Architecture, Greek.
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Architecture -- Greece -- Composition, proportion, etc
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Space (Architecture) -- Greece
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Space (Architecture)
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Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc.
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Architecture, Greek
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Cities and towns, Ancient
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City planning
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Space (Architecture)
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Greece
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Tyrwhitt, Jaqueline, translator, editor.
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| ISBN |
0262368080 |
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9780262368087 |
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