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 | | Toward an Architecture (Texts & Documents) by Le Corbusier ISBN-10: 9780892368228 ISBN-10: 0-89236-822-5 ISBN-13: 9780892368228 ISBN-13: 978-0-89236-822-8 Paperback 2007-10-15 Getty Publications Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description 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. | ||