The conceptual design of the Octagon at Thessaloniki

DOI10.1007/s00004-020-00506-zzbMath1497.00046OpenAlexW3083061213MaRDI QIDQ2091629

Demetrius Savvides

Publication date: 2 November 2022

Published in: Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-020-00506-z

zbMATH Keywords

conceptual designmetrologygeometrical analysisOctagoncentral-plan buildingsGalerius Palaceoctagonal buildings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Mathematics and architecture (00A67)

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