Le Corbusier: The Poetics of Machine and Metaphor (Architecture/Design Series)

Exploring how Le Corbusier came to create the groundbreaking ideas, buildings and designs that changed the course of 20th-century architecture, this book presents his oeuvre in relation to the revolutionary global developments of the 20th century. Not since Palladio had anyone exercised such immense influence on architectural practice. Through buildings, urban projects, paintings, sculptures, drawings, furniture designs and publications, Le Corbusier developed a unique poetics of machine and metaphor, revolutionizing the way people see, use and make architecture. This Is A Highly-illustrated Exploration Of How Le Corbusier Came To Create The Groundbreaking Ideas, Buildings And Designs That Changed The Course Of 20th-century Architecture. Preface: Everything Is Architecture -- To Observe Is To Discover, To Invent -- Forging The Tools Of An Epoch -- Palaces, Seascrapers, Virgilian Dreams -- Between The Sum Of Errors And The Dawn Of Renewal -- Huts, Bottleracks, And Liners -- Landscape Acoustics And Light Canons -- Drama Out Of Stone -- Cartesian Structures -- Epilogue: Everything Returns To The Sea. Alexander Tzonis. Includes Bibliographical References.