Toward an Architecture
by Le Corbusier
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Published in 1923, Toward an Architecture had an immediate impact on architects throughout Europe and remains a foundational text for students and professionals.
Le Corbusier urges readers to cease thinking of architecture as a matter of historical styles and instead open their eyes to the modern world. Simultaneously a historian, critic, and prophet, he provocatively juxtaposes views of classical Greece and Renaissance Rome with images of airplanes, cars, and ocean liners. Le Corbusier's slogans--such as "the house is a machine for living in"--and philosophy changed how his contemporaries saw the relationship between architecture, technology, and history. This edition includes a new translation of the original text, a scholarly introduction, and background notes that illuminate the text and illustrations.
Product Details
- Getty Publications Brand
- Oct 15, 2007 Pub Date:
- 9780892368228 ISBN-13:
- 0892368225 ISBN-10:
- 341 Pages
- English Language
- 9.9 in * 7 in * 1.3 in Dimensions:
- 3 lb Weight:
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