page_title: Maharishi Vastu Architecture
section_title: Architects
hierarchical_section_title: Maharishi Vastu Architecture / Architects
caption_attribution_description: English: Tower of Invincibility on the campus of Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield Iowa. In the background can be seen the a dome shaped building that is used for group practice of the TM-Sidhi program and Yogic Flying.
context_page_description: Maharishi Vastu Architecture is a set of architectural and planning principles assembled by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi based on "ancient Sanskrit texts". Maharishi Vastu Architecture is also called "Maharishi Sthapatya Veda", "Fortune-Creating" buildings and homes, and "Maharishi Vedic architecture".
  MVA has strict rules governing the orientation and proportions of a building. The most important factor is the entrance, which must be either due east or due north. The MVA architect also considers the slope and shape of the lot, exposure to the rising sun, location of nearby bodies of water and the other buildings or activities in the nearby environment. MVA emphasizes the use of natural or "green" building materials.
  MVA homes are marketed in the US by Maharishi Global Construction, LLC, and by MVA Homes in the UK, both arms of the Transcendental Meditation movement. Several communities around the world have been developed using MVA principles. The plans for Peace Tower, which would have been the world's tallest building, followed MVA specifications.
context_section_description: Eike Hartmann is the Minister of Architecture for the Global Country of World Peace, the chair of the department of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda at Vedic University in the Netherlands, and designer of the Maharishi Tower of Invincibility on the campus of Maharishi University of Management USA. Jonathan Lipman is chief architect for Maharishi Global Construction (MGC) and adjunct faculty member at Maharishi University of Management. Lipman reports having designed "hundreds of homes" and office buildings including Tower II, the largest MVA building to date. Henry Clark (deceased) was an architect at MGC and the chief architect and planner for Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa.
caption: Maharishi Tower of Invincibility, designed by Eike Hartmann
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