Le Corbusier:The Poetics of Machine and Metaphor - Couverture souple

Tzonis, Alexander

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0500283192 ISBN 13 : 9780500283196

Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alexander Tzonis holds the Chair in Architectural Theory and Design Methods at the University of Technology of Delft and is Director of DKS (Design Knowledge Systems). Among his numerous publications is Santiago Calatrava: The Poetics of Movement, another volume in Thames & Hudson's Architecture Series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0500283192
• ISBN 13: 9780500283196
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible