Portoghesi, Paolo. <br/><br/>
Nature and architecture / 
Paolo Portoghesi ; translated by Erika G. Young. 
 - [1st ed.] 
 - Milano, Italy :  Skira Editore S.p.A.,  2000. 
 - 527 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Nature and architecture.  - The wall.  - The floor, the ground, the title.  - The roof, the house, the tent.  - The pot, the well, the cave.  - The column.  - The architrave, the order, the cantilever.  - The niche, the apse, the curve.  - The arch, the vault, the bridge.  - The door, the window, the light.  - The temenos, the altar, the temple.  - The shell, the cupola, the sky.  - Ribs, the venation, vaults.  - The tower, the obelisk, the castle.  - The stairs, the chamber, the cell.  - Centrality.  - Frontality, axiality, the theatre.  - Numbers.  - The garden, paradise.  - Growth and metaporphosis.  - Architectural decoration.  - The city.  - Bibliography.  - Index.  - Index of place names. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the Italian. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>8881186586 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architectural design.<br/>Architecture--Philosophy.<br/>Nature (Aesthetics)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>720.108  / POR