Towards a new architecture / by Le Corbusier ; translated from the thirteenth French edition and with an introduction by Frederick Etchells.

Main entry:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.

Title & Author:

Towards a new architecture / by Le Corbusier ; translated from the thirteenth French edition and with an introduction by Frederick Etchells.

Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, 1986.

Description:

xix, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Dover books on architecture

Notes:
Translation of: Vers une architecture.
Reprint. Originally published: London : J. Rodker, 1931.
Argument -- The engineer's aesthetic and architecture -- Three reminders to architects: I. Mass -- II. Surface -- III. Plan -- Regulating lines -- Eyes which do not see: I. Liners -- II. Airplanes -- III. Automobiles -- Architecture: I. The lesson of Rome -- II. The illusion of plans -- III. Pure creation of the mind -- Mass-production houses -- Architecture or revolution.

Summary:

This pioneering proclamation by the great architect expounds Le Corbusier’s technical and aesthetic theories, views on industry, economics, the relation of form to function, "mass-production spirit," and much more. Profusely illustrated with over 200 line drawings and photographs of Le Corbusier’s buildings and other important structures.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0486250237 (pbk.)
9780486250236 (pbk.)
0750606274
9780750606271

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Aesthetics.
Architecture.
Functionalism (Architecture)
Fonctionnalisme (Architecture)
architecture (discipline)
functionalism.
ARCHITECTURE / General

Form/genre:

Books.

Added entries:

Etchells, Frederick, 1886-1973, translator, writer of introduction.
Dover books on architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 71214
Call No.: ID:86-B11448
Status: Available

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