Toward an Architecture

2007

Boek; (XIII, 341 p.) ill

Serie: Text & Documents. - Met bibliografie. - Oorspronkelijke titel en uitgave : Vers une architecture, Paris : G. Crès, 1923

Nieuwe vertaling van het hoofdwerk van de Zwitserse architect Le Corbusier (pseud. van C.E. Jeanneret) (La Chaux-de-Fonds 06-10-1887, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 27-08-1965) waarin hij zijn concepten voor het moderne leven en de plaats en positie van de moderne architectuur ontwikkelt aan de hand van historische voorbeelden en tegenstellingen. - 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

Located in: CORBUSIER, LE

ISBN: 978-0-89236-822-8

VUBIS: 2:76322