Selected Bibliography Architecture - Form Space and Order | Page 82
RA DI A L F ORM
Aerial view
Secretariat Building, UNESCO Headquarters,
Place de Fontenoy, Paris, 1953–58, Marcel Breuer
Ground-level view
The organization of a radial form can best be seen and understood from an
aerial viewpoint. When viewed from ground level, its central core element
may not be clearly visible and the radiating pattern of its linear arms may be
obscured or distorted through perspective foreshortening.
Skyscraper by the Sea, Project for Algiers, 1938, Le Corbusier
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