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    developers of the Bauhaus School of Design. Behrens admired Corbusier’s ethic of mass production and function over style. During World War I, (1914 – 1918) Le Corbusier returned home to teach in his old school. He used this time to work on new theoretical architectural studies. Bringing both of his early influences from his travels together, Le Corbusier designed the ‘Dom-ino House’ 1914-1915 (a combination of the words domicile and innovation). His model proposed an open floor plan detailing concrete

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    is one of the most singular achievements of Le Corbusier`s late career. With the help of the engineer Francois de Pierrefeu, Le Corbusier aspired to civil engineering scale in a way that transcends the normative dimensions of a typical medium-rise slab block. Concept Unite d`habitation from Marseille was designed to host 16000 people to live in a single slab. Usually, structures like these are designed horizontally to cover more space, but Le Corbusier did the contrary, and designed a

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    “Architecture or Revolution?” in Le Corbusier’s belief was the only way to avoid class-based revolution in industrialized architecture (Quirk, 2012). Le Corbusier, born Charles Édouard Jeanneret, was born into an artistic family in 1877 in a small village in Switzerland. His mother was a pianist and his father was a designer of watch dials. Even though he learned piano and father’s trade he got interested in the architecture when he was 13 years old. He learned from L’Eplatenier, a teacher in La

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    between the individual and modern society. The problem was initially analysed by Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus, whose solutions lasted at the heart of the movement along with those of the Belgian Mies van der Roe and the French architect Le Corbusier. They tried to give life to architecture, prioritising the role of functionality rather than the decorative style, detaching from both the classical and romantic views. The architectural work had to be functional, that is, to have a rational relationship

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    “Architecture or Revolution,” in Le Corbusier belief the only way to avoid class-based revolution is industrialized architecture (Quirk, 2012). Le Corbusier (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) was born in an artistic family in 1877 in a small village in the Swiss. His mother was a pianist and his father was a designer of watch dials. He learned piano and father’s trade, however the man brought him to architecture was his teacher in La Chaaux-de-Fund. When he was thirteen, his teacher, L’Eplatenier, who opened

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    Revolution?” in Le Corbusier’s belief was the only way to avoid class-based revolution in industrialized architecture (Quirk, 2012). Le Corbusier, born Charles Édouard Jeanneret, was born into an artistic family in 1877 in a small village in Switzerland. His mother was a pianist and his father was a designer of watch dials.

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    The Concept of Le Corbusier The basic concept of an international style is the five points of architecture which included pilots, flat roof terrace, open plan, ribbon window and free façades. • Pilots (Slender column) o Ground level which supporting by column and elevating the building and also allowed an extended continuity of the garden. • Flat roof terrace o Is a roof top that serving as a garden and terrace to get the hygiene and relaxing. • Open plan o Free designing of the floor plan

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    The Influence of American Industrialization on the Projects of Le Corbusier: the Ville Contemporaine. The end of the twentieth century was marked by the unprecedented scale of construction, huge advances in science and technology: new advanced designs, building materials, construction technology and strategies.1 Along with that, architects have been disclosing the failure of the traditional aesthetic concepts in the art of postmodern architecture, which were based on the assumption that politics

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    Vers une architecture ANALYZING LE CORBUSIER’S PRINCIPLES AND THEIR LEGACY When one thinks of what modern architecture is, most people think of skyscrapers in Dubai or rotating buildings in China. But, in fact, this is not true. Modern Architecture began in the early 1900’s, but really came into mainstream architecture with the help of influential architect such as Le Corbusier. The specific book that solidified Corbusier’s principles, and essentially promoted his manifesto, was Vers Une Architecure

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    Unité d'Habitation, Marseille, France by Le Corbusier. Subject – History. By - Kalyani Kharade. Date- /01/2013 Abstract: The report gives a brief overview about the housing project by Le Corbusier. Unité d'Habitation designed by Le Corbusier introduced the concept of “ vertical garden city”

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