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ISBN-10: 0892368225
ISBN-13: 9780892368228
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Publish Date: 10/15/2007
Dimensions: 9.90" L, 7.00" W, 1.30" H

Toward an Architecture

Introduction by: Jean-Louis Cohen
Translator: John Goodman

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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.

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Chosen as a Favorite Book of 2007 by the Art and Architecture Critics of The New York Times

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ISBN-10: 0892368225
ISBN-13: 9780892368228
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Publish Date: 10/15/2007
Dimensions: 9.90" L, 7.00" W, 1.30" H
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