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Author Bangs, Herbert, 1927-

Title The return of sacred architecture : the golden ratio and the end of modernism / Herbert Bangs
Published Rochester, VT : Inner Traditions, [2007]
©2007

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Description xv, 224 pages : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 26 cm
Contents 1. Introduction : a radical revelation -- 2. The scientific architecture of the twentieth century -- 3. Making the modern architect -- 4. The materialist paradigm -- 5. The return of the spirit -- 6. Intuition and the creative mind -- 7. Archetypes of shelter -- 8. Archetypes of design -- 9. The resolution of form -- 10. Geometry and number -- 11. Architect and cosmos -- 12. A time of transition
Summary "An inspirational call for a return to the tenets of traditional architecture as a remedy for the dehumanizing standards of modern architecture"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Philosophy.
LC no. 2006027438
ISBN 1594771324
9781594771323