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[td][/td] [td]'''''Vers une architecture''''' ('''''Toward an Architecture''''') is a 1923 collection of essays written by French architect [[Le Corbusier]] advocating for the tenets of [[modern architecture]]. It dismissed then-contemporary trends of [[eclecticism]] and [[art deco]] as mere stylistic experiments, instead advocating for fundamentally changing how humans interacted with buildings. It claimed that the [[industrial age]] demanded an architecture and [[aesthetics]] based purely on the relationship between function and form. It is notable for positing that architecture can help solve social issues,<ref>{{cite web |title=Vers une architecture |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1426627/vers-une-architecture-book-le-corbusier/ |publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum |date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> a key aim of early modern architecture. The [[manifesto]] is sometimes referred to simply as ''Vers'' in English.[/td]
[td]'''''Vers une architecture''''' ('''''Toward an Architecture''''' or '''''Towards a New Architecture''''') is a 1923 collection of essays written by French architect [[Le Corbusier]] advocating for the tenets of [[modern architecture]]. It dismissed then-contemporary trends of [[eclecticism]] and [[art deco]] as mere stylistic experiments, instead advocating for fundamentally changing how humans interacted with buildings. It claimed that the [[industrial age]] demanded an architecture and [[aesthetics]] based purely on the relationship between function and form. It is notable for positing that architecture can help solve social issues,<ref>{{cite web |title=Vers une architecture |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1426627/vers-une-architecture-book-le-corbusier/ |publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum |date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> a key aim of early modern architecture. The [[manifesto]] is sometimes referred to simply as ''Vers'' in English.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Since its publication, it has been influential on discourses of modernism in architecture, attracting both supporters and detractors inside and outside the profession. In 1960, the architectural historian [[Reyner Banham]] wrote that its influence was "beyond that of any other architectural work published in this [20th] century to date."<ref name=Banham>{{cite book |title=Theory and Design in the First Machine Age |last=Banham |first=Reyner |date=1960|publisher=Praeger |location=New York}}</ref>{{rp|246}}[/td]
[td]Since its publication, it has been influential on discourses of modernism in architecture, attracting both supporters and detractors inside and outside the profession. In 1960, the architectural historian [[Reyner Banham]] wrote that its influence was "beyond that of any other architectural work published in this [20th] century to date."<ref name=Banham>{{cite book |title=Theory and Design in the First Machine Age |last=Banham |first=Reyner |date=1960|publisher=Praeger |location=New York}}</ref>{{rp|246}}[/td]
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[td][/td] [td]'''''Vers une architecture''''' ('''''Toward an Architecture''''') is a 1923 collection of essays written by French architect [[Le Corbusier]] advocating for the tenets of [[modern architecture]]. It dismissed then-contemporary trends of [[eclecticism]] and [[art deco]] as mere stylistic experiments, instead advocating for fundamentally changing how humans interacted with buildings. It claimed that the [[industrial age]] demanded an architecture and [[aesthetics]] based purely on the relationship between function and form. It is notable for positing that architecture can help solve social issues,<ref>{{cite web |title=Vers une architecture |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1426627/vers-une-architecture-book-le-corbusier/ |publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum |date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> a key aim of early modern architecture. The [[manifesto]] is sometimes referred to simply as ''Vers'' in English.[/td]
[td]'''''Vers une architecture''''' ('''''Toward an Architecture''''' or '''''Towards a New Architecture''''') is a 1923 collection of essays written by French architect [[Le Corbusier]] advocating for the tenets of [[modern architecture]]. It dismissed then-contemporary trends of [[eclecticism]] and [[art deco]] as mere stylistic experiments, instead advocating for fundamentally changing how humans interacted with buildings. It claimed that the [[industrial age]] demanded an architecture and [[aesthetics]] based purely on the relationship between function and form. It is notable for positing that architecture can help solve social issues,<ref>{{cite web |title=Vers une architecture |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1426627/vers-une-architecture-book-le-corbusier/ |publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum |date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> a key aim of early modern architecture. The [[manifesto]] is sometimes referred to simply as ''Vers'' in English.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Since its publication, it has been influential on discourses of modernism in architecture, attracting both supporters and detractors inside and outside the profession. In 1960, the architectural historian [[Reyner Banham]] wrote that its influence was "beyond that of any other architectural work published in this [20th] century to date."<ref name=Banham>{{cite book |title=Theory and Design in the First Machine Age |last=Banham |first=Reyner |date=1960|publisher=Praeger |location=New York}}</ref>{{rp|246}}[/td]
[td]Since its publication, it has been influential on discourses of modernism in architecture, attracting both supporters and detractors inside and outside the profession. In 1960, the architectural historian [[Reyner Banham]] wrote that its influence was "beyond that of any other architectural work published in this [20th] century to date."<ref name=Banham>{{cite book |title=Theory and Design in the First Machine Age |last=Banham |first=Reyner |date=1960|publisher=Praeger |location=New York}}</ref>{{rp|246}}[/td]
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