Full gray cloth boards with black and red lettering on spine and cover. Light fading and wear to cover. Dust jacket is worn with a few open tears and spots. 7 3/4"w x 7 5/8"h. Previous owner's book plate inisde. Discoloration to endpapers. 244 pages. Black and white illustrations. Second Edition. No date on copyright page, but introduction is dated 1951. The Modulor is a measuring tool based on the proportion of the human body "intended as an architectural reference, always on hand, to be applied to the problems of proportion, design, prefabrication and mass production."
Title: The Modulor: A Harmonious Measure to the Human Scale Universally Applicable to Archtiecture and Mechanics
Location Published: London, Faber & Faber: 1951
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Type: Architecture
Categories: Mathematics, Architecture
Seller ID: 153566
Keywords: design, human body, mass production, mathematics, measurement, prefabrication, proportions, technology, unite d'habitation, universal application