Proportional Systems in the History of Architecture: A Critical Consideration

by Maarten Delbeke

In this collection of original essays, twenty-five leading scholars reconsider the long history of proportional systems across numerous periods and places, and from diverse methodological approaches including archival exploration, advanced laser scanning, and more. Prior to the advent of modern structural engineering, architects and builders used proportional systems to imbue their works with a general condition of order that was integral to their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 908728277X
• ISBN13: 9789087282776
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Leiden University Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.7" x 11.2"