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Book: Le Corbusier 1978 3 2 English  Nederlands

Le Corbusier

Towards a new architecture

A canonical collection of essays written by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), advocating for and exploring the concept of modern architecture.

This book has a lasting effect on the architectural profession, serving as a manifesto for a generation of architects, although it was a subject of hatred for others. However, it is unquestionably a critical piece of architectural theory. The book contains seven essays, all but one of which were published in the magazine L'esprit Nouveau beginning in 1921. Each essay dismisses contemporary trends as eclecticism and art deco. Le Corbusier replaces these trends with architecture that was meant to be more than a stylistic experiment, rather, the architecture would be one that fundamentally change how humans interact with buildings. This demanded a rebirth of architecture based on function and a new aesthetic based on pure form.
The English language translation of the book has also been a source of controversy in regards to its change of style and very specific alterations to the text. The alterations have generated criticism and required correction, even as some of them began to define architectural language.

ISDN: 85139 692 5

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Comments (2)

the old modernist trick of writing manifestos

As every student of architecture around the world, I used to decipher every word an image of this book.
Is true that this books has become a classic, but also it has become more dark to understand. Rem Koolhaas, took note of every page of this book and also the slight humour that organizes the propaganda thing. Because the book is one of the best propagandistic efforts of the XX century. Ten years ago, a bunch of architects and artists from Buenos Aires, decided to make a critical reading of this book. The result was another manifesto where architects and artists were called to subsitute texts and images of this book, playing the card of rewriting a manifesto, when nobody cared about them anymore.
The lessons of that book has became a warning, a "rappel", to every inhabitant of the now extended urban arena, showing us the "nerve" of new hybrids between life and cities.

Mauricio Corbalan
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14 Aug 2008,17:45

poineer of architecture

amazing work for the greatest architect of last century , , , but his inflaunce will remain forever

ibrahim abu touq
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3 Aug 2008,15:53
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