Le Corbusier: Quotes about housing

Le Corbusier was architect, designer, urbanist, and writer. Explore interesting quotes on housing.

Le Corbusier: 32 quotes 7 likes

“A house is a machine for living in.”

Le Corbusier

Une maison est une machine-à-habiter.
Vers une architecture [Towards an Architecture] (1923)

Housing

“You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces. That is construction. Ingenuity is at work.
But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good, I am happy and I say: "This is beautiful."”

Le Corbusier

That is Architecture. Art enters in.
Vers une architecture [Towards an Architecture] (1923)

Beauty , Art , Heart , Housing

“Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city.”

Le Corbusier

Vers une architecture [Towards an Architecture] (1923)

Life , Waiting , Housing