The Golden Ratio: The Divine Beauty of Mathematics by Gary B. Meisner

Author:Gary B. Meisner [Meisner, Gary B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781631064869
Amazon: 163106486X
Barnesnoble: 163106486X
Goodreads: 35960136
Published: 2018-09-26T07:20:12+00:00

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2. The standard dimensions of construction materials, such as drywall and building framing components, are subject to various building standards.

3. There are the engineering constraints required to construct a 500-foot (152-m)-tall skyscraper that take precedent over its pure artistic design elements.

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Regardless, if you apply grid lines to the building based on Le Corbusier’s Modulor system, which involves multiplying the height of each dimension by 1.618, a very revealing pattern emerges, as shown opposite. Also, if you apply golden grid lines, you’ll find that several key elevations in the building have a phi relationship. Both approaches demonstrate the presence of the golden ratio in the overall design.

This attention to detail in the consistent application of design principles welcomes visitors as they enter the UN building, too. The front entrance displays golden proportions in the following ways:

• Columns on either side of the front entrance are placed at the golden cut of the distance from the midpoint of the entrance to the edge of the entrance.

• The transparent entrances to the left and right of the center entrance area are golden rectangles.

• The doors on the left and right side of the center entrance are golden

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