Order Revealed

order of architecture

Order revealed during demolition at 2-4 Oxford Road. Compare with Leon Krier’s satirical reinforced concrete order from ‘Houses, Palaces, Cities’*.

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*Porphyrios, Demetri, ed. Leon Krier: Houses, Palaces, Cities. London, 1984

**The building in the background is the former Refuge Assurance building (now Palace Hotel) designed by Paul Waterhouse 1891-1912.

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