Selected Bibliography Architecture - Form Space and Order | Page 46

V OL UM E T RI C E L E M E N T S

Building forms that serve as containers can be read
as masses that define volumes of space.

Piazza Maggiore, Sabbioneta, Italy.
A series of buildings enclose an urban square.

Palazzo Thiene, Vicenza, Italy,
1545, Andrea Palladio.
The interior rooms surround a cortile—
the principal courtyard of an Italian palazzo.

Buddhist Chaitya Hall at Karli,
Maharashtra, India, A.D. 100–125.
The sanctuary is a volume of space carved out
of the mass of solid rock.
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