The possibility of an absolute architecture [electronic resource] /
by Aureli, Pier Vittorio; ProQuest (Firm).
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BookSeries: Writing architecture: Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011Description: xiv, 251 p. : ill., maps, plans.ISBN: ; ; .Subject(s): Architecture | Cities and towns | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
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 : �Etienne-Louis Boull�ee's project for a metropolis -- The city within the city : Oswald Mathias Ungers, OMA, and the project of the city as archipelago.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 : �Etienne-Louis Boull�ee's project for a metropolis -- The city within the city : Oswald Mathias Ungers, OMA, and the project of the city as archipelago.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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