The radiant city: elements of a doctrine of urbanism to be used as the basis of our machine-age civilization [by] Le Corbusier; translated from the French by Pamela Knight, Eleanor Levieux, Derek Coltman.

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Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.

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Publication:

London, Faber, 1967.

Description:

[4], 347 pages frontispiece, illustrations (including portraits) maps, plans (some color) diagrams (some color). 24 1/2 x 31 cm

Notes:
Originally published in 1933 as: La ville radieuse.
First published in 1933 as: La ville radieuse.
Translated from the French: La ville radieuse. Introduction. Magnets. Background. Vacation 1932. The plan must rule. The free man. Unproductive property. Useless consumer goods. Useful consumer goods. Liberty, equality, fraternity. State of modern conscience. Modern techniques. A rally: the congress at La Sarraz, 1928. Overthrowing secular customs. Exact respiration. Air-sound-light. An efficient height for the home. Artificial sites. What about air war? The New Age. Leisure, an immenent threat. Solution of a crisis: heavy industry must take over architecture. Where is the money to come from? Laws. Basic pleasures. The Radiant city. These studies are based on an unalterable foundation. Invitation to action. Paris in danger. To live! (to breathe, to inhabit). Death of the street. Is Descartes American? A new city to replace the old. The Biological unit; the cell of 14 square meters per occupant. Decisions. Plans for the Radiant city. Prelude. The spectacle of modern life. Professors of prediction. A new form of gregariousness. Bolshoi ... or the notion of bigness. Rome. Mobilization of the land. Truth from diagrams. General measures. Plans. Decisive demonstration. Paris. The Voisin plan. 1937: Vincennes. Porte Maillot. 1937: Kellermann. South America: Buenos Aires. Sao Paulo. Montevideo. Rio de Janeiro. Algiers. Geneva: The league of Nations Place. The World City. The Right Bank. Antwerp. Moscow. Algiers, the Oued Ouchaia. Stockholm. Rome. Barcelona. Nemours. Rural reorganization. My village. The Radiant farm. Reply to the peasants. Conclusion. Total planning. Construction the better choice.
Translation of: La ville radieuse, originally published 1933.

Subject:

City planning.

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Location: Library main 123267
Call No.: WM1593; ID:86-B5158
Status: Available

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