Le Corbusier and the Occult - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Le Corbusier and the Occult write by Jan Birksted. This book was released on 2009. Le Corbusier and the Occult available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Le Corbusier grew up in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland, a city described by Karl Marx as "one unified watchmaking industry." Among the unifying social structures of La Chaux-de-Fonds was the Loge L'Amitié, the Masonic lodge with its francophone moral, social, and philosophical ideas, including the symbolic iconography of the right angle (rectitude) and the compass (exactitude). Le Corbusier would later describe these as "my guide, my choice" and as his "time-honored ideas, ingrained and deep-rooted in the intellect, like entries from a catechism." Through exhaustive research that challenges long-held beliefs, J.K. Birksted's Le Corbusier and the Occult traces the structure of Le Corbusier's brand of modernist spatial and architectural ideas based on startling new documents in hitherto undiscovered family and local archives."--Publisher.
Le Corbusier and the Occult
Le Corbusier and the Occult - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Le Corbusier and the Occult write by J K Birksted. This book was released on 2009-08-17. Le Corbusier and the Occult available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Revealing the secret sources of Le Corbusier's architecture--concealed by the architect and undiscovered by scholars until now.
William Lethaby, Symbolism and the Occult
William Lethaby, Symbolism and the Occult - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook William Lethaby, Symbolism and the Occult write by Amandeep Kaur Mann. This book was released on 2022-03-23. William Lethaby, Symbolism and the Occult available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book delves into the life and work of architect William Richard Lethaby (1857–1931) and his relationship with the occult and alchemy, in particular. Using detailed analysis of Lethaby’s drawings and architecture, the research uncovers Lethaby’s familiarity with occult concepts and ideology during the spiritual revolution of the nineteenth century. Throughout this time, countless individuals, particularly members of the avant-garde, rejected more traditional religious pathways and sought answers through experimental and mystical alternatives. William Lethaby, Symbolism and the Occult reveals how the architect was profoundly influenced by the Zeitgeist, which was saturated with references to spiritualism, mysticism and the occult, and explores the impact of occultism on his contemporaries and the wider Arts and Crafts Movement. This book is written for upper-level students, researchers and academics interested in architectural history, William Lethaby and nineteenth century culture and society.
Le Corbusier, the Dishonest Architect
Le Corbusier, the Dishonest Architect - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Le Corbusier, the Dishonest Architect write by Malcolm Millais. This book was released on 2018-01-23. Le Corbusier, the Dishonest Architect available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is not a book for architects, but for all those that have suffered, consciously and unconsciously, from modern architecture and have wondered how it came about. This was largely due to one man, an architect called Le Corbusier. For some he was a genius, but the truth is he was a sham, a fake, a charlatan whose only gift was for self-publicity. He was the most influential architect of the second half of the twentieth century; his influence overwhelmed the architectural profession on a global scale, who swallowed his publicity whole, and still hold him in awe. For the rest of the world, the mere mortals, his influence was disastrous, as traditional buildings were destroyed and replaced by featureless boxes of varying sizes, imposing a dreariness hitherto unimagined. As usual, it was the poor who suffered most as they were herded into tower-blocks. These were often grouped into estates that ringed many towns and cities, which then degenerated into high-rise slums with all the well-known attendant social problems. This book exposes the myths that surround Le Corbusier, detailing the endless failures of his proposals and his projects. These were due to his profound dishonesty, both as a person and as an architect. His legacy was an architectural profession that believed, and still believe, they were designing buildings based on logic, functionality and honesty whereas they were doing the opposite.
Transcending Architecture
Transcending Architecture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Transcending Architecture write by Julio Bermudez. This book was released on 2015. Transcending Architecture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Please fill in marketing copy
