Towards a New Architecture

✍ Scribed by Edward C. Carterette (Auth.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Ltd, Architectural Press
• Year: 1970
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 274
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In 'Vers une Architecture', published in 1923, Le Corbusier equates the pure forms of the machine with the pure forms of the Parthenon to illustrate his view of architecture as a question of mass rather than facades, and that machines are highly architectural. First published in English in 1927, it is the most influential architectural manifesto of modern times.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
INTRODUCTION, Pages v-xvii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Page xviii
ARGUMENT, Pages 1-8
THE ENGINEER'S ÆSTHETIC AND ARCHITECTURE, Pages 9,11,13-20
THREE REMINDERS TO ARCHITECTS, Pages 21,23,25-31,33,35,37-43,45,47-64
REGULATING LINES, Pages 65,67,69-83
EYES WHICH DO NOT SEE, Pages 85,87,89-103,105,107,109-127,129,131,133-148
ARCHITECTURE, Pages 149,151,153-173,175,177,179-199,201,203-223
MASS-PRODUCTION HOUSES, Pages 225,227,229-265
ARCHITECTURE OR REVOLUTION, Pages 267,269,271-289
UNIFORM WITH THIS BOOK, Page ibc1