Architecture and Phi

The connection that exists between mathematics and art is evident in architecture and design as demonstrated in city landscapes.

Over  600 years ago, Luca Pacioli's De Divina Proportione (The Divine Proportion) included the work of drawings made by Leonardo Da Vinci who called the ratio the sectio aurea (Latin for the golden section).

In 1950, the architect Le Corbussier popularized the modulator system  that was based on the golden ratio. He felt that there was a sense of balance, harmony, and order to phi.

Design is where science and art  break even.
--Robin Mathews