A collection of eight lectures by architect Rudolf Steiner, this text is aimed at students of architectu re, the arts, social sciences, and those whishing to find a deeper spiritual understanding. '
Plates, Illustrations vi Introduction vii Christian Thal-Jantzen PART I: AND THE TEMPLE IS THE HUMAN BEING An Art and Architecture that Reveal the Underlying Wholeness of Creation Lecture One, Berlin, 12 December 1911 Given on the occasion of the first General Meeting of the Johannesbau-Verein 3(19) The Task of Modern Art and Architecture Lecture Two, Berlin, 5 February 1913 Given on the occasion of the second General Meeting of the Johannesbau-Verein 22(13) Outline Proposals for the Architecture of a Model Anthroposophical Community at Dornach Lecture Three, Berlin 23 January 1914 Given on the occasion of a General Meeting of the Anthroposophical Society 35(18) PART II: WAYS TO A NEW STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE True Artistic Creation Lecture One, Dornach, 7 June 1914 The very first lecture given in Dornach 53(25) Rudolf Steiner Art as the Creation of Organs Through which the Gods Speak to Us Lecture Two, Dornach, 17 June 1914 Given on the occasion of the dedication of the Glass House 78(21) A New Conception of Architecture Lecture Three, Dornach, 28 June 1914 99(17) The Aesthetic Laws of Form Lecture Four, Dornach, 5 July 1914 116(16) The Creative World of Colour Lecture Five, Dornarch, 26 July 1914 132(19) APPENDIX THE EVOLUTION OF ARCHITECTURE AT THE TURN OF EACH NEW MILLENNIUM I The assault on humanity at each millennium Stuttgart, 7 March 1914 151(4) II Facing up to public criticism Munich, 30 March 1914 (introduction to a lecture) 155(3) THE REBUILDING OF THE GOETHEANUM I Concerning the internal plan Dornach, 31 December 1923 (extract from the morning lecture) 158(8) II Concerning the external appearance Dornach, 1 January 1924 (extract from the morning lecture) 166(4) III The Reconstruction of the Goetheanum Basle, 25/26 October 1924 Article in Die Basler Nachrichten 170(3) IV The Second Goetheanum Basle, 1 November 1924 Article in Die National-Zeitung 173(4) Notes 177
