Towards Another Architecture
New Visions for the 21st Century
$73.78
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
16 May 2024
Summary
Published 100 years ago, Le Corbusier’s Vers une Architecture was conceived as a way of making sense architecturally of a moment of profound social and technological change. Today, we live at another pivotal moment for architecture and for the wider world. The climate emergency alone requires us to rethink everything we have previously taken for granted about how we conceive and construct buildings. One of the great ironies of Le Corbusier’s messianic vision is that the very thing he…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848226777 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848226772 |
| Author: | Owen Hopkins |
| Publisher: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 724g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 170mm x 19mm |
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About The Author
Owen Hopkins
Owen Hopkins is an architectural writer, historian and curator. He is director of the Farrell Centre – a centre for architecture and cities in Newcastle, UK and was previously senior curator at Sir John Soane’s Museum and architecture programme curator at the Royal Academy of Arts.
The Farrell Centre is public centre for architecture and cities based at Newcastle University. It opened in April 2023 with the mission to engage and involve the public with the forces driving urban change to help bring about a built environment that is more inclusive, sustainable and democratic.
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