Architecture

The first Goetheanum as an example of spiritual architecture, built from 1913 - 1923 according to Rudolf Steiner's designs.

Architecture (from Greek: αρχη arché "beginning, origin, foundation, the first" and τεχνη techné "art, craft, handicraft" or τεκτόν téktón "carpenter, master builder") is, taken literally, the "first craft" or the "first art" in general. It is based on the feeling of space, which arises from the inner experience of the physical body. If one observes how the human being walks and stands, one arrives at the architectural forms. This usually leads to the development of a regional or supra-regional architectural style that is typical for the respective epoch and today increasingly also for a specific architect.

Literature

• Khaled Saleh Pascha: Gefrorene Musik. Das Verhältnis von Architektur und Musik in der ästhetischen Theorie, Dissertation at the Technical University of Berlin 2004 academia.edu
• Rudolf Steiner: Das Hereinwirken geistiger Wesenheiten in den Menschen, GA 102 (2001), ISBN 3-7274-1020-5 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Welt, Erde und Mensch, GA 105 (1983), Erster Vortrag, Stuttgart, 4. August 1908 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Die Erkenntnis-Aufgabe der Jugend, GA 217a (1981), ISBN 3-7274-2175-4 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Kunst im Lichte der Mysterienweisheit, GA 275 (1990), ISBN 3-7274-2750-7 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated. Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com. Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English. Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA) Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.