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Architectural Tricks of Perspective and Size Used by Clough Williams-Ellis

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Upper Right: Unicorn Cottage is a masterpiece of architectural decption by perspective. The Cottage, when looked at from below, seems much larger and like a multi-storey building, not the one storey bungalow that it is in reality. The gates and arches enhance the illusion of height for the building. The archways are actually less than five feet tall.

Below Left: The Gloriette also has archways that seem deceptively enlogated. Below Right: this man is 5" 11" tall and has to slightly duck his head to walk under one.


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