Le Corbusier: Quotes about housing

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

Le Corbusier: 32 quotes7 likes

“A house is a machine for living in.”

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

“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."”

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

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

Vers une architecture [Towards an Architecture] (1923)