The possibility of an absolute architecture / Pier Vittorio Aureli.

Author/creator Aureli, Pier Vittorio
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,
Descriptionxiv, 251 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
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SeriesWriting 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010030741
ISBN9780262515795 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0262515792 (pbk. : alk. paper)