He founded his Architectural practice with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret in 1922 and the book published with articles culled from the magazine. Some of the articles in the magazine were then brought together into the book Towards an Architecture. IntroductionĬharles-Édouard Jeanneret moved to Paris in 1917 and with the painter Amédée Ozenfant and poet Paul Dermée in 1918 he founded L’Esprit Nouveau a magazine that ran until 1922 they both decided to use nom de plume’s and Jeanneret renamed himself Le Corbusier. It’s a tour de force in rhetoric, theory and furturism. It’s translated title ‘Towards a New Architecture’ went on to become one of the most influential Architectural written works since then.Ī rhetorical cornerstone of the modernist movement it’s used both to support or attack modernism depending on which side of the style wars people sit. The Book Towards an Architecture was published in 1923, written by the Swiss Architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret who had christened himself Le Corbusier. A short review and a set of notes from the book. A foundational text which followers and detractors must both read as the territory that Architecture is fought over is shaped partially by this book. One of Architectures most famous books which heralded the start of modernism and modern architecture as we know it today. Towards A New Architecture Buy on Amazon.
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