Goetheanum Site in Dornach Switzerland

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Foundation Stone for the First Goetheanum laid in 1913

Construction of the First Goetheanum

October 1913
February 1914
February 1914
March 1914
May 1914
April 1914

Exterior of the Completed First Goetheanum

Aerial view of the First Goetheanum and the campus

Interior Views

To the right of the stage
To the left of the stage. The blank wall at the back is where Steiner's Representative of Humanity sculpture was intended to stand.
From the audience seating facing the entrance

The Burning of the First Goetheanum

From a German newspaper article
The destroyed building under a layer of snow. The individual standing on top of what is left of the first floor provides scale.

Other Buildings on the Goetheanum Campus

The Boiler Room
The Glashaus (Glass House), where the etched windows for the Goetheanum were created

In 1912 Rudolf Steiner and Marie von Sivers were invited by family Grosheintz to their summer house on the hill in Dornach. The family donated most of the plot of land where the first Goetheanum was subsequently built. Out of gratitude, Rudolf Steiner had the House Duldeck built.

In September 1913 the Duldeck project was initiated under the guidance of Rudolf Steiner; its construction started in February 1915. The residence, situated in immediate proximity to the Goetheanum, is one of the most innovative of the early 20th century buildings in reinforced concrete. Its shaping however does not stand alone but, like the other buildings on the Goetheanum hill, they were designed by Steiner as a metamorphosis of the central building.

The Rudolf Steiner Archive moved to these premises in 2002.

Rear of Haus Duldek
The Kitchen
The Publishing House
Exterior of the Schreinerei – Steiner's Carpentry Shop
View of Goetheanum from the forecourt of the Schreinerei. Due to its close proximity to the (First) Goetheanum when it was burning, this building's contents was hastily emptied onto the nearby grounds, including Steiner's sculpture The Representative of Humanity. Fortunately, due to the efforts of the fire brigade, the building was spared any significant damage.
Interior of the Schreinerei
Rudolf Steiner's studio in the Schreinerei complex. This is where Steiner spent his last months/days/hours before his death.

The Second Goetheanum

Interior view of the large window above the front entrance
The front entrance from inside
New York Times announcing the opening of the Second Goetheanum on September 29, 1928

An article on the 100th anniversary of the First Goetheanum

An article on the Second Goetheanum

An article about Rudolf Steiner's studio in the Schreinerei complex

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