Jean-Louis Cohen is the Sheldon H. Solow Chair in the History of Architecture at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. He has written extensively on Le Corbusier's work. John Goodman is a translator and art historian. He has rendered some thirty books from French into English.
-The restoration of missing passages, of Le Corbusier's
idiosyncratic use of language, of key terms, of typography, and
even of the original title is refreshing and timely.---Artforum
-Bursting with passion, wit and aphorisms . . . this seminal
polemic is well worth reading (or rereading) for Le Corbusier's
incisive analysis of early 20th Century architecture . . .
Jean-Louis Cohen's scholarly introduction sheds fresh light on what
exactly Le Corbusier was up to when he justaposed pictures of the
Parthenon and modern roadsters on the book's lively
pages.---Chicago Tribune -If modern architecture has a bible, it is
Vers une Architecture.---Dwell -A new translation by John Goodman
with an introduction by the architectural historian Jean-Louis
Cohen will allow architecture buffs to experience Le Corbusier's
manifesto in its full glory.---The New York Times "The restoration
of missing passages, of Le Corbusier's idiosyncratic use of
language, of key terms, of typography, and even of the original
title is refreshing and timely."--Artforum "Bursting with passion,
wit and aphorisms . . . this seminal polemic is well worth reading
(or rereading) for Le Corbusier's incisive analysis of early 20th
Century architecture . . . Jean-Louis Cohen's scholarly
introduction sheds fresh light on what exactly Le Corbusier was up
to when he justaposed pictures of the Parthenon and modern
roadsters on the book's lively pages."--Chicago Tribune "If modern
architecture has a bible, it is Vers une Architecture."--Dwell "A
new translation by John Goodman with an introduction by the
architectural historian Jean-Louis Cohen will allow architecture
buffs to experience Le Corbusier's manifesto in its full
glory."--The New York Times Bursting with passion, wit and
aphorisms . . . this seminal polemic is well worth reading (or
rereading) for Le Corbusier s incisive analysis of early 20th
Century architecture . . . Jean-Louis Cohen s scholarly
introduction sheds fresh light on what exactly Le Corbusier was up
to when he justaposed pictures of the Parthenon and modern
roadsters on the book s lively pages. Chicago Tribune
" If modern architecture has a bible, it is Vers une Architecture.
Dwell
" Chosen as a Favorite Book of 2007 by the Art and Architecture
Critics of The New York Times A new translation by John Goodman
with an introduction by the architectural historian Jean-Louis
Cohen will allow architecture buffs to experience Le Corbusier s
manifesto in its full glory. The New York Times
" "The restoration of missing passages, of Le Corbusier s
idiosyncratic use of language, of key terms, of typography, and
even of the original title is refreshing and timely." "Artforum""
Bursting with passion, wit and aphorisms . . . this seminal polemic
is well worth reading (or rereading) for Le Corbusier s incisive
analysis of early 20th Century architecture . . . Jean-Louis Cohen
s scholarly introduction sheds fresh light on what exactly Le
Corbusier was up to when he justaposed pictures of the Parthenon
and modern roadsters on the book s lively pages. "Chicago Tribune""
If modern architecture has a bible, it is "Vers une Architecture."
"Dwell"" A new translation by John Goodman with an introduction by
the architectural historian Jean-Louis Cohen will allow
architecture buffs to experience Le Corbusier s manifesto in its
full glory. "The New York Times"" "Bursting with passion, wit and
aphorisms . . . this seminal polemic is well worth reading (or
rereading) for Le Corbusier's incisive analysis of early 20th
Century architecture . . . Jean-Louis Cohen's scholarly
introduction sheds fresh light on what exactly Le Corbusier was up
to when he justaposed pictures of the Parthenon and modern
roadsters on the book's lively pages."--"Chicago Tribune" "If
modern architecture has a bible, it is "Vers une
Architecture"."--"Dwell " Chosen as a Favorite Book of 2007 by the
Art and Architecture Critics of "The New York Times" "A new
translation by John Goodman with an introduction by the
architectural historian Jean-Louis Cohen will allow architecture
buffs to experience Le Corbusier's manifesto in its full
glory."--"The New York Times"
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