Word: colliseum
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Dates: during 1963-1963
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...using this system of measurement his work is a derivitive of some of the best Greco-Roman and Renaissance architect-humanists who based their architecture on the proportions of the human figure as well. With their own module, the golden section, they designed such visually beautiful buildings as the Colliseum and the Parthenon. Are these harsh and raw? Le Corbusier does use new materials--it is a new age; but the humaneness is borne out by the same proportions of the design. Thus, what I mean by the building being a functional companion to our activity...