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    <body><![CDATA[I don't like the way Le Corbusier writes, but this book is epic. As a student of architecture I learned a lot from this book, mostly about the five principles of Modern Architecture. It isn't a boring book, but you have to be careful to interpretate some things he writes. It is definetly a must-read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49733409">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really loved this book. Lecorbusier, one of the founding fathers of the modernist movement, puts forward his arguments for society's embracing the 'mass production spirit'. <br/><br/>It's common knowledge that it hasn't really worked out as he expected it to but so much of what he has written ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4681837">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was kinda surprised when I started reading this book. I always thought that LeCorb was some kind of communist. Design for Brasilia for example was based on the idea that the architecture of the city could create a truly equal society. In this text LeCorb talks about the modern age of capitalist co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2577517">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[so he writes this manifesto where he contrasts images of the Parthenon with images of sports cars etc. but the last image, the one you expect to be the most austere pediment or raceyest coupe is instead a pipe, there it is, the future formalist with a sense of style and humor! I feel a groundswell o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57319598">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh my god!  How incredibly naive can you get?  Architecture just does not have that much power.  No wonder folks dumped Modernism as a school of thought.<br/><br/>And who gives themselves their own cool nickname &quot;Le Corbusier&quot;?  In my neighborhood you are asking for a good *sskicking for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47833830">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book that I read about architecture.  It helped me become a huge fan of architecture in an academic sense.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Little intense.  Expected of man as talented as Le Corbusier.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Best book ever read! Meilleur livre du monde!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It gets 3 stars but not for the validity of its content. Corbusier helped shape urban planning in a most disasterous way - abandoned in the West by the mid-70s (except France) and in the East only with the fall of Communism. An important read to understand a post-WW2 approach to the massive relocati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21618995">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Le Cor was the father of modern architecture, think Frank Llyod Wright's hero. He came up with the principals of modern architecture and this book explains the why of them and what they are. Its pretty interesting stuff. I wish more people subscribed to the need for roof-top gardens. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Almost kitsch now,but as someone totally unfamiliar with architecture it was interesting to read where (some) modern architecture was coming from. Also good for pure entertainment value, as the book is mainly filled with maxims and pictures of nice things like cars or grain silos. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book because I wanted to read how Le Courbusier was a socialist architect.  This is written in a conversational and charming tone, and does satisfy my hopes that architecture has an important role in benefiting society above creating a fancy shelter with skylights.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Le Corbusier, you're a crazy nutter and you read too much Nietzsche. Your vision was an utter failure and there are too many architecture professors walking around in your glasses but I can't help but love this book.]]></body>
    
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  <average_rating>3.65</average_rating>
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    <![CDATA[This pioneering proclamation by the great architect expounds Le Corbusier’s technical and aesthetic theories, views on industry, economics, the relation of form to function, &quot;mass-production spirit,&quot; and much more. Profusely illustrated with over 200 line drawings and photographs of Le Corbusier’s buildings and other important structures.<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[madman/genius This book is amazing in how much the man thinks of himself and his own ideas.  History will judge us all I suppose so I had better keep this polite.  Trez magnifique ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[all architects/planners should at least read this, c'mon its corbu. ideas are a little dated, but gives you a good foundation into modern architectural/planning theory.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The only thing I ever really liked about Corbu is that, in his old age, he painted every morning in the nude.  Every single day for the rest of his life.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting, but a bit ranty, and it's not clear how well its ideas have been corroborated by history since then. Entertaining read, though.]]></body>
    
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