Frontmatter Contents Foreword The Palladio Method. Introduction The Empty Space, the Enclosure and the boîte à miracles: Let's Go Back to Palladio Radical Pragmatism Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas, Economy. The Four Principles of Palladio's Way of Building Palladio's Drawings as a Means of Knowledge: Looking at the Past Through Modern Eyes Palladian Façades: Inhabited Thresholds and Theatrical Urban Micro-Cosms Architecture within Architecture. Strategies of Spatial Design in Andrea Palladio's Villas Corners and Design Process in Palladio's Architecture Fact and Fiction Let's Talk About Palladio. A Brave Attempt to Understand a 16th-Century Architect Bibliography List of Illustrations About the Authors Impressum |