Architectural Space in Ancient Greece

Doxiadis, C. A.; Translated and Edited by Jacqueline Tyrwhitt

ISBN 10: 0262540304 / ISBN 13: 9780262540308

Edité par MIT Press, 1972

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First Edition Second Printing in illustrated beige wraps, no markings, no spine creases, NOT ex-lib, minimal shelf wear & signs of age, binding tight pages clean & bright, excellent copy; tall 8vo; (xl) 184pp indexed & illus.

N° de réf. du vendeur 32148

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Architectural Space in Ancient Greece
• Éditeur: MIT Press
• Date de parution: 1972
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0262540304
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780262540308
• Reliure: Soft Cover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Architecture / Urban Planning
  • Ancient History / Classics

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Synopsis

Doxiadis is best known as an architect-planner, as a consultant with an international clientele, as something of a prophet whose outlook is focused on man's worldwide future. But here, in his first major study, originally published in German in 1937, Doxiadis looks back into the past, to the architectural roots of his native Greece.

He works out a theory that accounts for the seemingly unordered layout of the buildings in ancient Greek sacred precincts, proposing that the spatial relationships between the buildings were strictly determined according to a plan.

Doxiadis examines in detail nearly thirty sites, charts their layouts, and presents relevant linear and angular measurements. Numerous site plans and about forty halftones complement the text. The full references include many recent sources. The trim size of the book itself is proportioned by means of the golden section.