ABSTRACT
The article presents the approbation of the method of proportional-metrological analysis on the example of the facade of the Strauss apartment building in St. Petersburg by architects V. A. Schroeter & I. S. Kitner, as a bright example of a building built in the brick style. Analysis of the brickwork showed that the brick along the axes of the joints served as a measure and module of the facade. A strictly defined number of pokes, spoons, and rows of masonry was extremely accurately measured with the values of a yard and a fathom. Quantitative analysis of the elements of brickwork makes it possible to reconstruct the design dimensions and some features of the compositional logic of shaping with historical accuracy.
