Le Corbusier THE MODULOR (1954, HC/DJ) - HARVARD UNIV

Description: (From the book flap) Within the last quarter-century there has been a growing demand for a revised system of measurement, designed to meet the complexities of modern technology and capable of universal application. The French architect Le Corbusier, whose ideas revolutionized much of contemporary building and architectural theory, evolved such a system, which he set forth in The Modulor, first published in English in 1954. The Modulor does not claim to supersede the foot and inch or the meter. Rather it is a reconciliation of the two-a measuring tool based upon the proportions of the human body and on mathematics. Essentially practical, it is intended as an architectural reference, always on hand, to be applied to the problems of proportion, design, prefabrication, and mass production. Le Corbusier tells the story of this major invention, traces its development, points to its origins in the architecture of the past, and sets forth the mathematical and philosophical standpoints from which it springs, with illustrations of its practical application to several buildings. Upon the first appearance of the translation, Stamo Papadaki wrote in Progressive Architecture: "In our present agonizing reappraisal of the realities of our planet, Modulor may fail to attract all the attention which it deserves. But the seeds for a future renaissance are here, this reunion of the practical and the sublime."

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