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Vers une architecture, recently translated into English as Toward an Architecture but commonly known as Towards a New Architecture after the 1927 translation by Frederick Etchells, is a collection of essays written by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), advocating for and exploring the concept of modern architecture.
Apr 1, 2014 · Each essay dismisses the contemporary trends of eclecticism and art deco, replacing them with architecture that was meant to be more than a stylistic experiment; rather, an architecture that would fundamentally change how humans interacted with buildings.
- Le Corbusier
Feb 17, 2012 · Towards a new architecture. by. Le Corbusier. Publication date. 1986. Topics. Architecture, Functionalism (Architecture) Publisher. Dover Publications.
Modernism saves architecture in multiple ways: From a building perspective, it refocuses architects on what really matters in the actual trade of architecture; taking into account mass, surface and plan - which for Corbusier are the three necessary considerations in architecture.
Le Corbusier worked first at simplifying and liberating house design through the revolutionary use of new materials---particularly, reinforced concrete---and new technical ideas for mass...
Apr 9, 2013 · Profusely illustrated with over 200 line drawings and photographs of his own works and other structures he considered important, Towards a New Architecture is indispensable reading for...
Jun 8, 2009 · Towards a new architecture. by. Le Corbusier, 1887-1965; Etchells, Frederick, 1886-1973, tr. Publication date. 1946. Topics. Architecture. Publisher.
Overview. For the Swiss-born architect and city planner Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887–1965), architecture constituted a noble art, an exalted calling in which the architect combined plastic invention, intellectual speculation, and higher mathematics to go beyond mere utilitarian needs, beyond "style," to achieve a pure ...
Architectural, 2011 - Architecture - 289 pages "Towards a New Architecture" by Le Corbusier is THE classic book advocating for and exploring the concept of modern architecture. It has had an...
Le Corbusier brought great passion and intelligence to these essays, which present his ideas in a concise, pithy style, studded with epigrammatic, often provocative, observations: "American engineers overwhelm with their calculations our expiring architecture." "Architecture is stifled by custom.
