| Toward an Architecture Contributor(s): Le Corbusier (Author), Cohen, Jean-Louis (Introduction by), Goodman, John (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0892368993 ISBN-13: 9780892368990 Publisher: Getty Research Institute OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Criticism - Architecture | History - General |
| Dewey: 720 |
| LCCN: 2006101591 |
| Lexile Measure: 1110 |
| Series: Getty Research Institute |
| Physical Information: 1.51" H x 7.25" W x 10.28" (2.66 lbs) 358 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |