Proportion architecture

In 1648 the Amsterdam architect Philips Vingboons (1607–1678) published his first book with engravings of his own designs from the past decade1. In the introduction he wrote a brief history of architecture, from its biblical and antique origins up to his own time, including finally his own work. He informs us that in Holland “only recently had the love for true architecture according to the principles and rules of

In my last post, I talked about Expressive HTML and the importance of writing your markup from the content out. This idea—that you start at a granular level and work your way outward, building context...

Architecture and design is deeply rooted in mathematics, and the most obvious example of this is the ‘golden ratio’ a formula, dating back to 300 BC.

In 1648 the Amsterdam architect Philips Vingboons (1607–1678) published his first book with engravings of his own designs from the past decade1. In the introduction he wrote a brief history of architecture, from its biblical and antique origins up to his own time, including finally his own work. He informs us that in Holland “only recently had the love for true architecture according to the principles and rules of

Spiral imposed on the Parthenon showing the golden mean.

Completed in 2006 in Trier, Germany. Images by Rainer Mader. Absalon designed by denzer & poensgen is located in a new developing area, exclusively situated on a hillside, just above the city centre of...

Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.