Aureli, Pier Vittorio. <br/><br/>
The possibility of an absolute architecture  [electronic resource] / 
Pier Vittorio Aureli. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  MIT Press,  c2011. 
 - xiv, 251 p. :  ill., maps, plans. 
 - Writing architecture series .
 - Writing architecture. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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 : Etienne-Louis Boullee's project for a metropolis -- The city within the city : Oswald Mathias Ungers, OMA, and the project of the city as archipelago. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262295918 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architecture.<br/>Cities and towns.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA2540  / .A97 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>720.1