The possibility of an absolute architecture / Pier Vittorio Aureli.
| Author/creator | Aureli, Pier Vittorio |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, |
| Description | xiv, 251 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Writing architecture series Writing architecture. ^A369902 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010030741 |
| ISBN | 9780262515795 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0262515792 (pbk. : alk. paper) |