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TOWARDS A NEW ARCHITECTURE
The facade of the Arsenal of the Piræus is "regulated" by a few simple divisions which give the proportion of the area to the height and fix the placing of the doors and their dimensions in intimate relationship with the actual proportions of the façade.
EXTRACT FROM A BOOK BY DIEULAFOY:
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ACHÆMENIAN CUPOLAS
The great Achæmenian cupolas form one of the most subtle conclusions of geometry. Once the conception of the cupola was established in accordance with the poetical needs
