Re: pointers

There aren't that many comparative scale analyses of
architecture being done anymore.

Quondam has featured some:
www.quondam.com/10/0911.htm -- Giza, Beauvais before tower
collapse 1575?, Washington Monument 555 ft., Eiffel Tower.

www.quondam.com/10/0914.htm -- those building that once held
the title of world's tallest--note the Empire State Building
is incorrect as shown.

There is a very good scale comparison of "shopping" places,
from Trajan's Market (110 AD) to Super K-Mart (1997) within
the HARVARD SCHOOL OF DESIGN GUIDE TO SHOPPING--this is for
sure a continuation of Durand's method.

A few weeks ago I purchased a 1823 Italian edition of
Durand's RECUEIL ET PARELLELE via eBay. I will (someday)
scan all the plates and selectively publish the results at
Quondam. In general, it is quite revealing to see how
relatively smaller than Giza and St. Peter's all other
historic (pre-1800) architecture is.

Koln was completed 1824-80 and at a height of 500 ft. does
exceed both Giza and St. Peter's. The Washington Monument,
built 1848-54 and 1879-84 reaches a height of 555 ft. It
just might be that Koln was once briefly the tallest
building in the world if the Washington Monument was not yet
up to 500 ft by 1880.

Reference: most of the factual data pertaining to dates and
heights comes from Fletcher's A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE [ON
THE COMPARATIVE METHOD], were ground cover area of certain
buildings is also sometimes provided.