Urban design by Le Corbusier, 1922 Exhibited in 1922 at the Salon d’Automne in Paris, the Contem-porary City for Three Million Inhabitants was Le Corbusier’s first comprehensive urban-planning project. Accompanied by a 100-square-meter diorama, it consisted of a rigidly geometric, centralized orthogonal plan with monumental axes, uniform modern buildings, vast expanses of open space covering 85 to 95 percent of the surface, and a system of highways. The project was seen simultaneously as a breathtaking modern vision and as the destruction of the familiar urban setting. Influence on the project ranged from American gridded cities, Peter Behrens’ work, and Tony Garnier’s Une Cité industrielle (1901–04, 1917; An Industrial Town) to Bruno Taut’s Utopian Die Stadtkrone (1919; The City Crown). By 1922 Le Corbusier was one of the major figures of the Modern movement, and the Contemporary City marked a high point in a period of extraordinary activity. It incorporated two ideas that he had been...
absolutely true.. ;) they don't only design great buildings but also great characteristics.. ;)
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ReplyDeleteIt's amazing to note that they have voted architects to be so. I think they might not be wrong doing so because the architects make not only good designs but also great characteristics.
I knew it I should have taken that course before.
ReplyDeleteWhat about the artist they're artistic too because they're artist, right! lol
Interesting Article!
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I thought they are one of the weirdest next thing to painters
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Right voting for right people who not only designs buildings but also dreams. They handles pressure like no one less that also in relaxed manner, that's enough to make them lead in the voting list.
ReplyDeletearchitects aren't weird. what they have is a real profession. unlike other men who sits on the desk and let others do their jobs and just sign papers. being an architect is very hard, considering the fact that architecture is a lot more complicated than anyone thinks. the article is right.
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