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TOWARDS A NEW ARCHITECTURE

CONSTRUCTION OF A VILLA. 1916:

The general mass of the facades, both front and rear, is based on the same angle (A) which determines a diagonal whose many parallels and their perpendiculars give the measure

LE CORBUSIER, 1916. A VILLA

for correcting the secondary elements, doors, windows, panels, etc., down to the smallest detail.

This villa of small dimensions, seen in the midst of other buildings erected without a rule, gives the effect of being more monumental, and of another order.