The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays

Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1980. Softcover. G, covers show wear and pages edges have foxing. Pages clean.. Illustrated soft cover. 223 pp. with 83 bw plates. Additional essay titles include: Mannerism and Modern Architecture; Character and Composition, or Some Vicissitudes of Architectural Vocabulary in the 19th Century; Chicago Frame; Neo-'Classicicm' and Modern Architecture I (and II); Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal (with Robert Slutzky); La Tourette; and The Architecture of Utopia. Includes a list of picture credits. Contents as follows: The mathematics of the ideal villa -- Mannerism and modern architecture -- Character and composition ... -- Chicago frame -- Neo-classicism and modern architecture I -- Neo-classicism and modern architecture II -- Transparency: literal and phenomenal (with Robert Slutzky) -- La Tourette -- The architecture of utopia. This collection of an important architectural theorist's essays considers and compares designs by Palladio and Le Corbusier, discusses mannerism and modern architecture, architectural vocabulary in the 19th century, the architecture of Chicago, neoclassicism and modern architecture, and the architecture of utopia.