APPENDIX VIII - The First and Second Goetheanum

The construction in wood of The First Goetheanum, designed by Rudolf Steiner, in Dornach near Basel, Switzerland was begun in 1913 and continued during the war by members of some 14 nationalities, some of whom were deadlocked in mortal combat just across the borders in Germany and France. It was completed in 1920, but was burnt down to the ground  by arson on Sylvester 1922 and subsequently replaced by the Second Goetheanum (here seen from the west) built out of precast concrete, which now houses Rudolf Steiner's sculpture The Representative of Humanity that was saved from the flames.