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AUTHOR: Le Corbusier

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture.

Le Corbusier is termed as the father of modern architecture because he was influential in urban planning, as he dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities and was a founding member of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM).

He was an influential architect and city planner whose designs combined functionalism with bold sculptural expressionism.

THE BOOK :TOWARDS A NEW ARCHITECTURE

First known as Vers une architecture and recently translated into English as Toward an Architecture but commonly known as Towards a New Architecture after the 1927 translation by Frederick Etchells, is a collection of essays written by Le Corbusier, advocating for and exploring the concept of modern architecture. Le Corbusier urges readers to cease thinking of architecture as a matter of historical styles and instead open their eyes to the modern world.

The book has five principles which are Pilotis (pillars), roof garden, open floor plan, long windows and open facades. Basically, Le Corbusier called for a radical change in architecture.

Towards a New Architecture sets out LeCorbusiers vision for the future of the world and for Architects. It seeks to centre the Architect back in the key role as creative force in the building of this new world.