- Architecture, Functionalism (Architecture), Architecture and Planning, Modern Architecture
"Few books of the twentieth century draw as much attention as Le Corbusier's Vers Une Architecture (1923), published in English as Towards a New Architecture (1927). Its slogans and juxtapositions of temples with machines inspired architects to design housing that met the demands of modern life.
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Grave, spare, earnest and warm.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Le Corbusier, Hans Hildebrandt
- First published
- 1923
- Pages
- 269
- Publisher
- G. Crès et cie., Vincent, Freal, Les éditions G. Crès
- Editions
- 45
- Language
- und, English, French, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780851396514
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