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Regulating lines
Also called tracés régulateurs, regulating line
Geometric lines, often diagonals of similar rectangles, used to check and unify the proportions of a façade (French tracés régulateurs).
Rules that use the word
Regulating lines. Check the proportions of a façade with a few geometric lines (diagonals of similar rectangles, the golden section) so that its parts share one order and nothing is arbitrary.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Modern Movement.
Nearby in the glossary
Rafter · Ratha · Redented · Regula · Reinforced concrete · Relieving triangle · Respond · Ressaut