Word: corbuism
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...measure of man in mind. One unit of measurement was the distance that a man can walk in an hour. For the interiors, he used his mystifying modular-a personal improvisation on the ancient Greek Golden Section based on the harmonies of the human body. This is one Corbuism that even his admirers find difficult. Says Editor Banham of the British Architectural Review. "It is a ragbag of ideas of the 18903, represented with such seductive force that for a decade they have seemed as modern as tomorrow's Sputnik...
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