The possibility of an absolute architecture

Publication Data

• Title The possibility of an absolute architecture
• Author Pier Vittorio Aureli
• Publisher MIT Press
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location Cambridge, Mass.
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• Architecture
• Cities and towns

The possibility of an absolute architecture by Pier Vittorio Aureli. ISBN 9780262515795. Published by MIT Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.