Toward an Architecture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780892368228)

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.

Author: Le Corbusier
ISBN-10: 0892368225
ISBN-13: 9780892368228
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2007
Pages: 358
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.55lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 217