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.
- ISBN10 0892368225
- ISBN13 9780892368228
- Publish Date 4 March 2016 (first published 13 February 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Getty Trust Publications
- Imprint J Paul Getty Trust Publications,US
- Format Paperback
- Pages 358
- Language English