An Unfinished Encyclopedia of Scale Figures Without Architecture

by Hilary Sample and Mos

More than 1,000 representations of the human figure in architectural drawings by architects ranging from Aalto to Zumthor, removed from their architectural context.

Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample, and MOS present their rich findings on the human presence in architectural drawings not in any chronological or other linear order, but based on the convention of the encyclopedia, thus presenting (and perhaps deliberately condoning) surprise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262038676
• ISBN13: 9780262038676
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 1256 Pages
• Weight: 7.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.7" x 8.6" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher