The possibility of an absolute architecture

by Aureli, Pier Vittorio.
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Series: Writing architecture series Published by : MIT Press, (Cambridge, Mass. :) Physical details: xiv, 251 p. : ill., maps, plans. Year: 2011
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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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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