Machines for living
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| "The house is a machine for living in," stated Le Corbusier in ''[[Toward an Architecture|Vers une architecture]]'' in 1923. | "The house is a machine for living in," stated Le Corbusier in ''[[Toward an Architecture|Vers une architecture]]'' in 1923. | ||
| - | These "[[Machines for living]]" were for various critics, including [[Tom Wolfe]], the '''[[Pruitt-Igoe]]''' housing project illustrated both the essential unlivability of [[Bauhaus]]-inspired [[international style (architecture)|box architecture]], and the ''[[hubris]]'' of [[central planning]]. | + | These "[[Machines for living]]" illustrated for various critics, including [[Tom Wolfe]], both the essential unlivability of [[Bauhaus]]-inspired [[international style (architecture)|box architecture]], and the ''[[hubris]]'' of [[central planning]]. |
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| + | The '''[[Pruitt-Igoe]]''' housing project represented the end of this Corbusier esthetic and the start of [[postmodern architecture]]. | ||
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"The house is a machine for living in," stated Le Corbusier in Vers une architecture in 1923.
These "Machines for living" illustrated for various critics, including Tom Wolfe, both the essential unlivability of Bauhaus-inspired box architecture, and the hubris of central planning.
The Pruitt-Igoe housing project represented the end of this Corbusier esthetic and the start of postmodern architecture.
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