JANE JACOBS

JANE JACOBS AMERICAN-CANADIAN WRITER AND ACTIVIST WITH PRIMARY INTEREST IN COMMUNITIES AND URBAN PLANNING AND DECAY. SHE IS BEST KNOWN FOR THE DEATH AND LIFE OF GREAT AMERICAN CITIES (1961), A POWERFUL CRITIQUE OF THE URBAN RENEWAL POLICIES OF THE 1950S IN THE UNITED STATES. JACOBS IS EQUALLY WELL KNOWN FOR ORGANIZING GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO BLOCK URBAN-RENEWAL PROJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE DESTROYED LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.

10.332 LE CORBUSIER

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LE CORBUSIER. SWISS-FRENCH ARCHITECT, DESIGNER, URBANIST, WRITER AND ALSO PAINTER, ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF WHAT NOW IS CALLED MODERN ARCHITECTURE OR THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE. VERS UNE ARCHITECTURE (1923) (TOWARDS AN ARCHITECTURE). IN THE 1930S, LE CORBUSIER EXPANDED AND REFORMULATED HIS IDEAS ON URBANISM, EVENTUALLY PUBLISHING THEM IN LA VILLE RADIEUSE (THE RADIANT CITY) OF 1935. LE CORBUSIER CONTRIBUTED TO A NEW JOURNAL CALLED L'ESPRIT NOUVEAU THAT ADVOCATED THE USE OF MODERN INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES TO TRANSFORM SOCIETY INTO A MORE EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENT WITH A HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING ON ALL SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS. FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE CONGRÈS INTERNATIONAL D'ARCHITECTURE MODERNE (CIAM). WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.