Vers une architecture, recently translated into English as Toward an Architecture but commonly known as Towards a New Architecture after the 1927 translation by Frederick Etchells, is a collection of essays written by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), advocating for and exploring the concept of modern architecture.

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1985年2月1日 · Revolutionary Concepts: Towards a New Architecture by Le Corbusier introduces groundbreaking ideas about modern architecture and passionately argues for a departure from styles of the past.

Le Corbusier worked first at simplifying and liberating house design through the revolutionary use of new materials---particularly, reinforced concrete---and new technical ideas for mass...

2022年2月19日 · Pure creation of the mind -- Mass-production houses -- Architecture or revolution. Cut-off text on some pages due too tight binding. Reviews cannot be added to this item.

2025年2月3日 · Finally, it will be a delight to talk of architecture after so many grain-stores, workshops, machines and sky-scrapers. Architecture is a thing of art, a phenomenon of the emotions, lying outside questions of construction and beyond them. The purpose of construction is to make things hold together; of architecture to move us. Architectural ...

Modernism saves architecture in multiple ways: From a building perspective, it refocuses architects on what really matters in the actual trade of architecture; taking into account mass, surface and plan - which for Corbusier are the three necessary considerations in architecture.

2013年4月9日 · Profusely illustrated with over 200 line drawings and photographs of his own works and other structures he considered important, Towards a New Architecture is indispensable reading for...

‘Towards a New Architecture’ explores architecture’s fundamental principles, emphasizing the importance of space, light, and form. Le Corbusier’s visionary insights redefine the architect’s role as not merely a builder but a creator of harmonious spaces that resonate with modern living.