{"product_id":"towards-a-new-architecture","title":"Towards a New Architecture","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTranslation of: Vers une architecture.;Reprint. Originally published: London: J. Rodker, 1931.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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 creation of the spirit which established \"emotional relationships by means of raw materials.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe first major exposition of his ideas appeared in \u003ci\u003eVers une Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e (1923), a compilation of articles originally written by Le Corbusier for his own avant-garde magazine, \u003ci\u003eL'Esprit Nouveau\u003c\/i\u003e. The present volume is an unabridged English translation of the 13th French edition of that historic manifesto, in which Le Corbusier expounded his technical and aesthetic theories, views on industry, economics, relation of form to function, the \"mass-production spirit,\" and much else. A principal prophet of the \"modern\" movement in architecture, and a near-legendary figure of the \"International School,\" he designed some of the twentieth century's most memorable buildings: Chapel at Ronchamp; Swiss dormitory at the Cité Universitaire, Paris; Unité d'Habitation, Marseilles; and many more.\u003cbr\u003eLe 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. It is the only profession in which progress is not considered necessary.\" \"A cathedral is not very beautiful . . .\" and \"Rome is the damnation of the half-educated. To send architectural students to Rome is to cripple them for life.\" \u003cbr\u003eProfusely illustrated with over 200 line drawings and photographs of his own works and other structures he considered important, \u003ci\u003eTowards a New Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e is indispensable reading for architects, city planners, and cultural historians―but will intrigue anyone fascinated by the wide-ranging ideas, unvarnished opinions, and innovative theories of one of this century's master builders. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Le Corbusier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1985-02-01\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Architecture \/ Individual Architects \u0026amp; Firms \/ Essays|Architecture \/ History \/ Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Architecture|Functionalism (Architecture)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.0 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486250236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780486250236\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52371799703833,"sku":"SP-9780486250236","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780486250236_spiral.png?v=1778436498","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/towards-a-new-architecture","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}