Aureli, Pier Vittorio. <br/><br/>
The possibility of an absolute architecture.  electronic resource 
Pier Vittorio Aureli. 
 - 1 online resource (xiv, 251 p.) :  ill., maps. 
 - Writing architecture series .
 - Writing architecture. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- <br/>Towards the archipelago : defining the political and the formal in architecture -- <br/>The geo-politics of the ideal villa : Andrea Palladio and the project of an anti-ideal city -- <br/>Instauratio urbis : Piranesi's Campo Marzio vs. Nolli's Nuova Pianta di Roma -- <br/>Architecture as a state of exception : Étienne-Louis Boullée's project for a metropolis -- <br/>The city within the city : Oswald Mathias Ungers, OMA, and the project of the city as archipelago. -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262295918  0262295911  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architecture.<br/>Cities and towns.<br/>ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA2540   / A97 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>720.1