Toward an Architecture--Le Corbusier

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Publisher Comments:

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.

Book News Annotation:
This lovely new translation presents Le Corbusier's quirky opus into language that's closer to the original than earlier translations, staying truer to Le Corbu's love of wordplay. The format of the translation is also a revelation, preserving the original layout (and all the images) of the original French edition. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)