REVIEW OF ARCHITECTURE - Triangle Modernist Houses

vtsTAsV/hat we see when we look ahead onthe routes through our cities is probablythe one thing that, if done well, willbe a city together or let it fall apart.Vistas can be revealing, create mystery,act as guide routes to establish order withoutthe need for directional signs, and ingeneral, produce the type of spaces soughtafter by the designer. The following picturesare some examples of vistas.66. A village in Morat, Switzerland.67. A dynamic vista in Abbeville, France.68. A similar vista in the ancient town ofToledo, Spain.CLOSUREClosure in our cityscapes is similar toVistas because both depend on buildingsto occur on four sides or three sides ofus to create either. However. closure tome is when buildings are closer to us onthfee or four sides forming an honest anddef inite space, whereas a vista usuallyhas a long axis in one direction with aterminal structure. Both, then, are merelydifferent types of spaces which lend varietyto our cities.69. An excellent display of closure withrich and ancient participating elementsin Rome, ltaly.ARCHIT ECTI.'RE/22