This book continues the path begun by 'The Architecture of the Courtyard', and in this case proposes the study of another universal system of design. That architecture is composed of parts, those that arise to fulfill the program that gives meaning to its existence, is both a definition of its own nature and the description of a system of design that runs through the history of architecture. 223 p.: Fot., B/w. 'Plans and sections, 21 x 15 cm, paperback