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

Alexander Tzonis

ISBN 10: 0500283192 / ISBN 13: 9780500283196

Published by Thames & Hudson, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Le Corbusier: The Poetics of Machine and Metaphor (Architecture/Design Series)
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500283192
• ISBN 13: 9780500283196
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 300 grams

About this title

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.

About the Author

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.