Hanlon argues that architectural composition is not merely about aesthetics or "making it look good." Instead, composition is the logical, poetic ordering of parts in response to specific spatial problems. He moves beyond the Beaux-Arts axis and symmetry to explore modern and contemporary strategies for organizing form.
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