Benjamin Thommen
Der schreibende Architekt
Programm, Form und Theorie von Vitruvs De architectura
[The Writing Architect. Program, Form, and Theory of Vitruvius' De architectura.]
2025. 403 pages. including VAT
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Benjamin Thommen sheds light on the literary crafting of Vitruvius' Ten Books on Architecture. Based on Vitruvius' programmatic statements about his role and his claim and by looking at the textbooks (treatises) of the Roman rhetoricians, he analyses the form of the architect's writing and the structure of his theory.