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Why are most buildings rectangular?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2007

Philip Steadman
Philip Steadman
Affiliation:
Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, 1–19 Torrington Place, University College London, London WC1E6BT UKj.p.steadman@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

The constraints of packing rooms together, and the flexibility of dimensioning allowed by rectangular arrangements, explain the predominance of the right angle in architectural plans.

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theory
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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 119 - 130
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2006 Cambridge University Press

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