Chapter 6 1946 C
Chapter 6 1946 C. Jinarajadasa becomes President February 17, Adyar Day Claude Bragdon books on architectural theory, “The Beautiful Necessity” (1910), “Architecture and Democracy” (1918), and “The Frozen Fountain” (1932), advocated a theosophical approach to building design, urging an “organic” Gothic style (which he thought of as reflective of the natural order) over the “arranged” Beaux-Arts architecture of the classical revival. In 1922 Bragdon helped translate and publish P.D. Ouspensky’s “Tertium Organum”, for which he also wrote an introduction to the English translation. Claude Fayette Bragdon Born August 1, 1866 in Oberlin, Ohio. Died September 17, 1946 (aged 80). Based in Rochester, New York City, New York, up to World War I, then lived in New York City as Nationality American, with an occupation as an Architect, writer, and stage designer through the years 1890-1946. Some of Claude Bragdon’s notable works can be observed at Rochester’s New York Central Railroad terminal, (1909-13), Chamber of Commerce, (1915-17) Rochester First Universalist Church, Bevier Memorial Building, Shingleside, and the Rochester Italian Presbyterian Church, as well as many other public buildings and private residences. Bragdon enjoyed a national reputation as an architect working in the progressive tradition associated with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. Along with members of the Prairie School and other regional movements, these architects developed new approaches to the planning, design, and ornamentation of buildings that embraced industrial techniques and building types while reaffirming democratic traditions threatened by the rise of urban mass society. In numerous essays and books, Bragdon argued that only an “organic architecture” based on nature could foster 159 democratic community in industrial capitalist society Los Angeles Lodge the Theosophical Society 1047 ½ S.
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