Toward an Architecture (Getty Research Institute) by A01 Le Corbusier; Translator-John Goodman; Introduction-Jean-Louis Cohen - 2007-10-15

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Getty Research Institute, 2007. Second Edition, First Printing . Illustrated Boards. As New. A crisp As New copy inscribed by noted architectural historian Jean-Louis Cohen who also did the introduction. Translated from the original French by John Goodman. 341 pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography and index.

Museum Publications. New. 2007. Hardcover. 0892368993 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 358 pages; 249 b/w illustrations. Description: "[Originally] 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… Read More