 Prefaced with a letter by Georges Gromort to Cantacuzino, the book included sixty-four plates and a short introduction in which the author explained his architectural philosophy.Gromort commented that the architects had conceived a Palladian palace with a strictly utilitarian purpose, likening the neoclassical building to a palazzo of Vicenza.In December 1929, Cantacuzino received his degree from the École des Beaux-Arts.