Theorist
Colin Rowe
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Details
- Nationality
- British
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Notes
[DRAFT] British-American architectural historian whose 'The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa' (1947) read modernism through Renaissance proportion, and whose Collage City (1978, with Fred Koetter) proposed an anti-utopian, pluralist method of urban design rooted in Sitte.
Connections
- mentored Peter Eisenman
- proposed Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal
- authored The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays
- associated with The Texas Rangers
- authored Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal
- central to The Texas Rangers
- influenced Peter Eisenman
Referenced by
- Robert Slutzky collaborated with
- Camillo Sitte influenced
Sources
- Colin Rowe. The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays. MIT Press, 1976.
- Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter. Collage City. MIT Press, 1978.
- Cornell AAP. Urban Theorist and Educator Colin Rowe. 2024. https://aap.cornell.edu/news/stories/urban-theorist-and-educator-colin-rowe-celebrated-in-rome.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Colin Rowe." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/colin-rowe/. Accessed July 17, 2026.