TY - BOOK AU - Aureli,Pier Vittorio ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The possibility of an absolute architecture T2 - Writing architecture series AV - NA2540 .A97 2011eb U1 - 720.1 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - Architecture KW - Cities and towns KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10476083 ER -