Le Corbusier: Toward an Architecture - Modernist Design Book for Architects & Design Enthusiasts | Perfect for Home Decor & Office Inspiration

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Publisher: Getty Museum 2016, ISBN: 9780892368228, Author: Le Corbusier, Format: Softback, 178 x 253mm 358pp

Originally 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.