Comments on: The UN Secretariat Building, Le Corbusier and the Golden Ratio

By: dennis schaut

dennis schaut — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 17:46:36 +0000

My great-uncle is said to have participated in the design of the U.N. Building in NYC. I have not been able to find any documentation to verify this. If someone can direct me to a source, both i and my family would be much appreciative. My Uncle’s name was Christian Schaut Bardon, and was an architect in New York. His wife, Lylea (Lyle) Schaut was my father’s aunt. My email is schaut@sbcglobal.net jf you can help!
Thanks, Dennis W. Schaut

By: Mike Mumford

Mike Mumford — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:33:19 +0000

The Golden Ratio is mankind’s answer to nature in balance. I see the world reflecting the errors of modern architects’ styles, imbalance, lop-sidedness and maintenance nightmare they have created. For example the Scottish Parliament Building. I expect they will only last as long as maintenances bills are paid.
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By: Gary B Meisner

Gary B Meisner — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 02:40:52 +0000

In reply to Orlando de Carvalho. They may have, but I've not been able to find any such references. The best evidence that the design embodies the golden ratio is in the measurements themselves, and the fact that Le Corbusier introduced a golden ratio-based design system just several years before participating on the UN project.

By: Orlando de Carvalho

Orlando de Carvalho — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 20:13:41 +0000

Didn’t Le Corbusier or Niemeyer leave some written documents with the measures and the places where golden proportions were stated?

By: Gary B Meisner

Gary B Meisner — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 04:19:43 +0000

In reply to Cam. Very astute observation. The dividing line on the stone falls at the golden ratio point between the top and bottom of the stone's text.

By: Cam

Cam — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:54:16 +0000

one thing that I’ve never heard anyone mention is that the UN building looks like a very similar design to the Rosetta Stone

By: D. A. James

D. A. James — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:27:41 +0000

Many who have a vested interest in debunking anything that might imply there may be design in nature or in mathmatical relationships. They attempt to do this by arbitrarily selecting points of measurement that do not support such elegant relationships as those shown in the phi construct.