This is a translation of the eighth edition of Urbanisme, a landmark work in the development of modern city planning. It was so recognized when it first appeared in English in 1929. A review in the Nation stated that "Le Corbusier ranks with Freud, Picasso, and Einstein as a leading genius of our time. The only great architect alive, he has turned his attention from the individual house to town-planning. And the result is 'The City of Tomorrow', a book not for the aesthetes but for statesmen." At the same time, Edgar ...
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This is a translation of the eighth edition of Urbanisme, a landmark work in the development of modern city planning. It was so recognized when it first appeared in English in 1929. A review in the Nation stated that "Le Corbusier ranks with Freud, Picasso, and Einstein as a leading genius of our time. The only great architect alive, he has turned his attention from the individual house to town-planning. And the result is 'The City of Tomorrow', a book not for the aesthetes but for statesmen." At the same time, Edgar Johnson wrote in the New York Evening Post that "M. Le Corbusier's extremely important book is an analysis of the problem of the city and a solution. It sidesteps none of the issues, admits the inevitable growth in population, the need for speed and centralization, and provides a reasoned and thorough overcoming of the difficulties. This book is, both practically and artistically, a work of vision." The book was one of the first to recognize an approaching "urban crisis," and its main thesis is that such a vast and complicated machine as the modern great city can only be made to function adequately on the basis of strict order, that we must aim first of all at efficiency but that it must lead us on to a fine and noble architecture. Le Corbusier raises questions in this work that are still being raised today. He concludes from his study that the whole urban scene is one of wasted opportunities and inefficiency. He proposes an alternative course which is a bold and drastic reconstruction of the entire machine. Le Corbusier presents in this work two schemes for the reconstruction of a modern city. One is the "Voisin" plan for the center of Paris and the other is his more developed plans for the "City of Three Million Inhabitants." In both these schemes he adopts skyscrapers as his most important units, but they are set at immense distances from one another and are surrounded by large open spaces or parks. They are allocated to commercial, not residential purpose; the greater tenement houses and other buildings will remain relatively low in height. The plans included in the book demonstrate clearly the scope and general appearance of the reconstruction that Corbusier proposes.
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Very good. WE ARE PROCESSING ORDERS AS NORMAL DURING THIS VIRUS EPIDEMIC, DELIVERY TIMES ARE NOT EFFECTED AT THE MOMENT. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
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Good. No Jacket. Book Seller # LR127, 5.4 inches by 8 inches, 302 pages. There is a vertical creasemark in the front cover, and the previous owner penned his initials on the first page. Otherwise, some wear mostly along the edges but No Tears. The paperback binding is good and the interior pages are clean and unmarked. NOT an Ex-Library copy. Translation into English of the 8th Edition of Urbanisme, a work originally published in 1929. Illustrations are black and white.
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VG. shelf-wear/scuffing to lower textblock fore-edge. back cover tanned. rubbing to spine edges. creases to spine; tightly bound. Green & white wrappers w/ cover illustration. 301 pgs w/ bw illustrations. A nice copy. Gently handled.
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About Fine in Wraps jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 3rd edition. Trade paperback in illustrated wraps. About Fine w/ mild edge wear, one dog-eared page corner; square w/flat spine and firm binding, interior clean and unmarked. xi, 312pp; illustrated throughout in photos, diagrams, drawings, charts. Translated from the 8th French Edition of "Urbanisme" by Frederick Etchells. 318 p.
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Good. All pages and cover are intact. Possible slightly loose binding, minor highlighting and marginalia, cocked spine or torn dust jacket. Maybe an ex-library copy and not include the accompanying CDs, access codes or other supplemental materials.
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Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., faint aura of toning to some margins. shallow, minor wear to top edge of dj, no tears, chips, or clips. no other flaws, clean, no markings of any sort. tight binding. above average copy.; translated from the 8th french edition of urbanisme by frederick etchells.; xv-301pp., many b/w figures.
