Selected Bibliography Architecture - Form Space and Order

LIN EA R E LE M E N T S DE F I N I N G P L A N E S Altes Museum, Berlin, 1823–30, Karl Friedrich von Schinkel A row of columns supporting an entablature—a colonnade—is often used to define the public face or facade of a building, especially one that fro nts on a major civic space. A colonnaded facade can be penetrated easily for entry, offers a degree of shelter from the elements, and forms a semi-transparent screen that unifies individual building forms behind it. The Basilica, Vicenza, Italy. Andrea Palladio designed this two-story loggia in 1545 to wrap around an existing medieval structure. This addition not only buttressed the existing structure but also acted as a screen that disguised the irregularity of the original core and presented a uniform but elegant face to the Piazza del Signori. Stoa of Attalus fronting the Agora in Athens P RIMARY ELEMENTS / 1 5

Selected Bibliography Architecture - Form Space and Order | Page 30