A Beaux-Arts composition
An axial, symmetrical plan in the manner of the École des Beaux-Arts: a grand stair and portico, vestibule, domed rotunda and hemicycle along one axis, wings and courts either side.
The rules it illustrates
Choose the parti. Begin a design by choosing its parti (the one governing idea of the plan) and commit to it in a first sketch; everything afterwards develops that choice.
The marche. Arrange the principal spaces as a sequence along the main axis (steps, portico, vestibule, great hall, and beyond) so that the visitor’s progress through the building is itself the composition.
Poché: the solid drawn black. Draw the solid masonry of a plan in black, filling every pier and thickened wall, so that the rooms read as shaped voids carved from a mass.
Where it appears in the book
In the styles Beaux-Arts.
In the chapters Enlightenment and Revival.