Twentieth Century Architecture As A Cult?

The latest INTBAU Essay is a penetrating analysis oftheModernist architecture of the 20th Century. Distinguished mathematicianNikos Salingaros argues that many of the architects of the earlyModernistperiod had links to cultish groups, and that their methods of operationboresimilarities to the methods used by cults.Further, the techniques that Modernist architectural schools used toteachtheir students bore great similarities to those used by cults tobrainwashtheir adherants.Salingaros finishes his article by demolishing the claim thatDeconstructivist architecture owes anything to fractal geometries andtheemerging science of complexity, arguing from a position of greatexpertisethat these qualities are represented in traditional architecture.

Thanks to Matthew Hardy