Selected Bibliography Architecture - Form Space and Order

E L E VAT E D B A S E P L A N E Elevating a portion of the ground plane establishes a platform or podium that structurally and visually supports the form and mass of a building. The elevated ground plane can be a preexisting site condition, or it can be artificially constructed to deliberately raise a building above the surrounding context or enhance its image in the landscape. The examples on these two pages illustrate how these techniques have been used to venerate sacred and honorific buildings. Pavilion of Supreme Harmony (Taihe Dian) in the Forbidden City, Beijing, 1627 Temple Mountain at Bakong Temple, A.D. 881, Hariharalaya, Cambodia Valhalla, near Regensburg, Germany, Leon von Klenze, 1830–42 FORM & SPACE / 1 0 9

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