Work
De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building in Ten Books)
Explore in the Atlas →Composed c. 1443–52; presented in manuscript to Pope Nicholas V c. 1450; printed posthumously by Nicolaus Laurentii Alamanus on 29 December 1485 — the first printed book on architecture, preceding the editio princeps of Vitruvius by a year. Standard modern English edition by Rykwert, Leach and Tavernor (MIT Press, 1988).
Proportion Type Tectonics
Details
- Type
- Text
- Location
- Florence
Connections
- articulates Proportion (as architectural theory hub)
- articulates Concinnitas
Referenced by
- Leon Battista Alberti authored
- De Architectura preceded
Sources
- Alberti. On the Art of Building in Ten Books. MIT Press, 1988.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building in Ten Books)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-de-re-aedificatoria/. Accessed July 17, 2026.