" LECORBUSIER ~TOWARD AN ARCHITECTURE Texts & DocumentsThe Getty Research Institute Publications Program Thomas Crow, Directoy, Getty Research Institute Gail Feigenbaum, Associate Director, Programs Julia Bloomfield, Head, Publications Program Texts & Documents Julia Bloomfield, Kurt W. Forster, Harry F, Mallgrave, Thomas F. Reese, Publications Committee Toward an Architecture Stanislaus von Moos, Editorial Consultant Diane Mark-Walker, Manuscript Editor Translation of the 1926 printing of Le Corbusier, Vers une architecture, 2nd ed. (Paris: G. Crés, 1924) Published by permission of the Société des Auteurs dans les Arts Graphiques et Plastiques (A.D.A.G.P) and the Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris © 2007 J, Paul Getty Trust Published by the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles Getty Publications 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 500 Los Angeles, California 900491682 wow getty.edu 1110090807 54321 First published in the United Kingdom in 2008 by Frances Lincoln Ltd Cover: Parthenon, Athens, fifth century 8.c.; Delage Grand-Sport, 1921. See p, 181, Frontispiece: Le Corbusier, Moscow, 1928 (detail). Photo: Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris Title page: Civilian version of the Farman Goliath (detail), See p. 175. Library of Congress Catalogingin-Publication Data Le Corbusier, 1887-1965, {Vers une architecture, English) Toward an architecture / Le Corbusier; intreduction by Jean-Louis Cohen ; translation by Jon Goodman, Pec. Includes bibliographical references andl index. {SBN 978-0-89236-822-8 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-0-89236-899.0 (hardcover) 1. Architecture. 2. Funetionalism (Architecture) 1. Cohen, Jean-Louis. 11. Goodman, John, 1952 Sept. 19- Il Tite. NA2520.J413 2007 720 ~dc22. 2006101591144 TOWARD AN ARCHITECTURE