The possibility of an absolute architecture / Pier Vittorio Aureli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aureli, Pier Vittorio.

Series:

Writing architecture

Writing architecture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

xiv, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262515795

0262515792

OCLC:

649827295