Modulor I and II

The Modulor I and 2Le CorbusierPublished together for the first time, The Modulor and Modulor 2 describe the development, applications, and critical reception of Le Corbusier's innovative system of visual measurement based upon the mathematics of the human body. In The Modulor, Le Corbusier sets forth the origins of his invention and illustrates its practical usage in several different buildings. Modulor 2 reports and responds to the criticism and advice of the archi- tects who worked with this new concept of measurement."Anyone accustomed to struggling with the meaning of Le Corbusier's architecture suddenly feels a key to comprehension in his hand."-Art Journal "Something of a philosopher as well as architect,... Le Corbusier in- vented the modulor, a new instrument of measure, based on the human body's spans. In The Modulor Le Corbusier tells about the instrument, and also indulges in speculations upon a great variety of subjects, including American towns, their roads and markets, and the ballooned-out Ameri- can car... Witty, often brilliantly right."-Los Angeles Times"In our present 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." -Progressive ArchitectureHarvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts