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Page 170
... wall encloses a building , the floor loads begin to be more important than the weight of the wall and to reduce the load - bearing significance of the taper . Moreover for buildings there may be reasons to want an orthog- onal surface ...
... wall encloses a building , the floor loads begin to be more important than the weight of the wall and to reduce the load - bearing significance of the taper . Moreover for buildings there may be reasons to want an orthog- onal surface ...
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... wall at the top is the plane of the projections and not of the recesses . Thus we have here a wall treatment of great beauty , provided , so to speak , by buttresses in reverse . Rhythm and the play of light and shade on walls can also ...
... wall at the top is the plane of the projections and not of the recesses . Thus we have here a wall treatment of great beauty , provided , so to speak , by buttresses in reverse . Rhythm and the play of light and shade on walls can also ...
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... wall be ignored when it impresses us with an enveloping form or by its very shape as do the great undulant church ... wall itself . Even less architectural adornment will cause the wall to shout at us . We have only to think of the stone ...
... wall be ignored when it impresses us with an enveloping form or by its very shape as do the great undulant church ... wall itself . Even less architectural adornment will cause the wall to shout at us . We have only to think of the stone ...
Contents
Chapter Three ARCHITECTURAL TRAVEL WITH PARTICULAR | 35 |
Chapter Six THE ARCHITECTURE OF STONE | 151 |
English Features | 417 |
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The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini, and the Rivalry That ... Jake Morrissey,J. P. Morrissey No preview available - 2005 |