The possibility of an absolute architecture - Aureli, Pier Vittorio (Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011)
Introduction -- Towards the archipelago : defining the political and the formal in architecture -- The geo-politics of the ideal villa : Andrea Palladio and the project of an anti-ideal city -- Instauratio urbis : Piranesi's Campo Marzio vs. Nolli's Nuova Pianta di Roma -- Architecture as a state of exception : Étienne-Louis Boullée's project for a metropolis -- The city within the city : Oswald Mathias Ungers, OMA, and the project of the city as archipelago.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Architecture; Cities and towns