How MSV is Unique What makes Maharishi Sthapatya Veda (MSV) architecture unique?
Cooper Norman, of Prairie Architects, has been designing and building homes for 20 years. He says that, until now, architectural styles have been the products of the philosophical, emotional, religious, and political forces of an era. Architectural geniuses like Louis Kahn and others merged their own creativity with these cultural forces in their designs. For instance, Frank Gehry’s new Guggenheim Museum in Spain is a stunningly beautiful late-20th century statement about architecture and art. Its construction, however, is a political statement of the Spanish Basques, who commissioned the museum to be built in their largest city as an assertion of their presence and importance in Spain. But MSV architecture is different. Proponents say that their designs are not the product of changing trends in architecture but are based on timeless principles of natural law. The Sthapatya Veda, a part of the Vedic literature of India, records the precise formulas and rules for construction of all kin
