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Le Corbusier: The Poetics of Machine and Metaphor
by Alexander Tzonis
Paperback - 240 pages (December 2001)
Universe Pub
ISBN: 0789306344
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Book Description
A new addition to a series acclaimed for its exceptional authority, Le Corbusier presents the master architect’s oeuvre in relation to the revolutionary global developments of the twentieth century. Written by Alexander Tzonis, one of today’s leading experts on Le Corbusier and his work, the book demonstrates how Le Corbusier was a creator who conceived, enticed, and shaped many of his developments. Specifically, it examines how the architect worked within the context of new philosophical ideas; avant garde culture; social, economic, and political movements; the new technologies of production and communication; and new technological products.
No other architect since Palladio exercised such an immense influence on the built community as Le Corbusier. As with Einstein and Picasso, Le Corbusier’s impact was felt far beyond his discipline. Through numerous buildings, urban projects, paintings, sculptures, drawings, furniture designs, and publications, he developed a unique poetics of machine and metaphor, revolutionizing the way people see, use, and make architecture. More than a modern architect, Le Corbusier was an architect of modern life.
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