Best of
Architecture

1949

The Temple in Man: Sacred Architecture and the Perfect Man


R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz - 1949
    This book contains the first published results of Schwaller's 12 years of research at the temple of Luxor and its implications for interpreting the symbolic and mathematical processes of the Egyptians through their sacred architecture.?

Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism


Rudolf Wittkower - 1949
    A brief examination of the theory and practice of Renaissance architecture that draws attention to the values underlying this style