Author : Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis
Release : 1972-01
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Architectural Space in Ancient Greece by : Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

Download or read book Architectural Space in Ancient Greece written by Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis. This book was released on 1972-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.