Le CorbusierBiblio.com
Le CorbusierBiblio.com
Toward an Architecture
2008105608London England: Frances Lincoln Ltd. Near Fine. 2008. First Thus 2nd Impression. Card Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0711228094 Softcover Softcover 9780711228092 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. . Frances Lincoln Ltd unknown
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