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Birksted, J.K.. Le Corbusier and the Occult. MIT. 2009. 405p. illus. index. ISBN 978-0-262-02648-2. $44.95. ARCHITECTURE.
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris (1887-1965), aka Le Corbusier, was known for trendsetting designs in reinforced concrete and for books promoting modern architecture and city planning. Birksted (architecture, Univ. Coll. London) has painstakingly examined the lives of Le Corbusier's friends, relatives, and teachers in the architect's Swiss hometown, La Chaux-de-Fonds, during the early 20th century. This research is extended to the architect's social circle during his early years in Paris. While Le Corbusier liked to portray his own designs as a break with the recent past, Birksted points to various buildings and writings to argue that the artist's work was influenced by that of François-Joseph Bélanger, an 18th-century neoclassical architect, and informed by the symbolism of Freemasonry. Although Le Corbusier was not a Mason, he had Masonic friends, relatives, and clients and owned Masonic books. VERDICT Based on recently discovered family and local documents, this academic study will suit students and faculty with a strong interest in design sources of modern architecture.
Conn, D. (2009). Le Corbusier and the Occult. Library Journal, 134(12), 94. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.
Est5e articulo habla sobre uno d elso arquitectos mas improtantes en la historia de la arquitectura. Le corbusier, fue de los priemros arquitectos que introdujo el funcionalismo, dejando a un lado lo estetico. El se desarrollo en el auje de la era indsutrial de donde tomo la ideaología de “La vivienda como la casa de las maquinas”.