Name: toward an architecture
SKU: 1918166
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Author: Le Corbusier

Type

Physical Book

Author

Le Corbusier

Introduction by

Jean-Louis Cohen

Translated by

John Goodman

Publisher

Getty Research Institute

Language

English

Pages

341

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

25.1x17.8x3.3 cm

Weight

1.16 kg.

ISBN

0892368225

ISBN13

9780892368228

Synopsis "toward an architecture"

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.

Le Corbusier

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Le Corbusier, pseudonym of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris (1887–1965), was an influential architect, urban planner, painter, and Franco-Swiss theorist, considered one of the fathers of modern architecture. His literary work focuses on architecture, urban planning, and functionalist aesthetics. Among his most notable books are Towards a New Architecture (Vers une architecture, 1923), Urbanism (Urbanisme, 1925), The Decorative Art of Today (L’Art décoratif d’aujourd’hui, 1925) and The Modulor (1948), where he presents his system of proportions based on the human scale.

Le Corbusier received numerous accolades for his contributions to architecture and urban planning, including the Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects (1953) and the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects. Additionally, 17 of his architectural works were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 2016, highlighting his global impact on the modern movement.

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