No, this isn’t a tale of Robert Johnson-esque crossroad dealings with the devil. The title of this book is certainly sensationalist. A professor at the Bartlett School of Architecture, Birksted cites “startling new documents in previously undiscovered family and local archives” to argue that Le Corbusier was in cahoots with the Freemasons. “So what?” you may ask. The content may be suspect, but it’s an attractive edition filled with photographs, and its eerie cover will look intriguing on the home coffee table.
J.K. Birksted, MIT Press, Footprint Books, 2009, 405pp RRP $82.00
