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machine for living: a standalone construct

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machinefor living1 CONSTRUCTMachine for livingLE CORBUSIER · ARCHITECTURE

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Architecture

the image, from Le Corbusier, of the modern house as an efficient, rationally designed instrument for dwelling, like a car or a ship.

In architecture, machine for living refers to the image, from Le Corbusier, of the modern house as an efficient, rationally designed instrument for dwelling, like a car or a ship. This meaning comes from Le Corbusier (1923/1946) in Towards a New Architecture.[1]

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  1. Le Corbusier. (1946). Towards a new architecture (F. Etchells, Trans.). Architectural Press. (Original work published 1923) Open Library record

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