THE FROZEN FOUNTAIN by Claude Bragdon, Knopf 1932. Ex-library 1st edition.

Description: Claude BragdonThe Frozen FountainBeing Essays on Architecture and the Art of Design in SpaceNew York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1932. 126 pages The nine chapters of this well-illustrated and beautifully designed book are shown in the Table of Contents. The book covers aspects of architectural theory and has many ink drawing rendered by Bragdon. Background on this important contributor to American architecture in the first part of the 20th century has been abstracted form the web and is given below In his books on architectural theory, The Beautiful Necessity (1910), Architecture and Democracy (1918), and The Frozen Fountain (1932), Claude Bragdon 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. Claude Fayette Bragdon (August 1, 1866 – 1946) was an American architect, writer, and stage designer based in Rochester, New York, up to World War I, then in New York City. He designed Rochester’s New York Central Railroad terminal (1909–13) and Chamber of Commerce (1915–17), 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. In numerous essays and books, Bragdon argued that only an “organic architecture” based on nature could foster a democratic community in an industrial capitalist society. In 1917, after a dispute with photography magnate George Eastman (of Eastman Kodak fame) over the design of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce Building, Bragdon's architectural practice waned. He incorporated his own design of the hypercube in the structure of the building. He moved to New York City in 1923 and became a stage designer, and remained in New York until his death in 1946.

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