Le Corbusier and the occult / J. K. Birksted.

Author/creator Birksted, Jan, 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Preamble: growing up in La Chaux-de-Fonds -- From the eighteenth century: intuitive flashes of unexpected insight -- In La Chaux-de-Fonds -- A delightful evening at the Masonic Lodge -- Which reveals itself to those it may concern -- A totally different feeling confronted my intellect -- The little vestibule that frees your mind from the street -- My ancestors' old Bible to be given to Élisa -- To Paris -- Delightful evening yesterday at the Quartier-la-Tentes' -- Knights beneficent of the Holy City -- We felt like new beings from deep inside the woods -- To be an architect is nothing, you have to be a poet -- An index card from the World War II secret police -- In the twentieth century -- The dwelling as the temple of the family.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 335-395) and index.
LCCN 2008027186
ISBN9780262026482 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0262026481 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks NA1053.J4 B48 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold