Towards a Public Space

Name: Towards a Public Space
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ISBN: 9781317009245

ISBN-10: 131700924X

ISBN-13: 9781317009245

Edition: 1st

Authors: Marta Sequeira

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Le Corbusier is well-known for his architectural accomplishments, which have been extensively discussed in literature. Towards a Public Space instead offers a unique analysis of Le Corbusiers contributions to urban planning. The public spaces in Le Corbusiers plans are usually considered to break with the past and to have nothing whatsoever in common with the public spaces created before modernism. This view is fostered by both the innovative character of his proposals and by the proliferation in his manifestos of watchwords that mask any evocation of the past, like lesprit nouveau ("new spirit") and larchitecture de demain ("architecture of tomorrow"). However, if we manage to rid…

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Edition: 1st
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Binding: E-Book