Bernini is Dead?: Architecture and the Social Purpose |
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Page 96
... structure . A struc- ture is essential to architecture , though honest structure does not guaran- tee wonderful architecture . No structure can be made without materials . So materials are central . They determine what kind of building ...
... structure . A struc- ture is essential to architecture , though honest structure does not guaran- tee wonderful architecture . No structure can be made without materials . So materials are central . They determine what kind of building ...
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... structure could be reduced or even eliminated , then the wall as closure might or might not be invoked as the occasion demanded . This effort to free the design through freeing the structure has gone on with ups and downs through much ...
... structure could be reduced or even eliminated , then the wall as closure might or might not be invoked as the occasion demanded . This effort to free the design through freeing the structure has gone on with ups and downs through much ...
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... Structure as it heroically carries its burden day and night , sometimes for centuries , complaining only occasionally with a creak or a crack . He sees the stress trajectories lying within the Structure as dynamic lines of life . As ...
... Structure as it heroically carries its burden day and night , sometimes for centuries , complaining only occasionally with a creak or a crack . He sees the stress trajectories lying within the Structure as dynamic lines of life . As ...
Contents
Chapter Three ARCHITECTURAL TRAVEL WITH PARTICULAR | 35 |
Chapter Six THE ARCHITECTURE OF STONE | 151 |
English Features | 417 |
Copyright | |
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The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That ... Jake Morrissey,J. P. Morrissey No preview available - 2005 |