Before a New Architecture: Frederick Etchells and the Emergence of Architectural Modernity in Britain, from W.R. Lethaby to Le Corbusier

• Published in: Modernist cultures Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 74
• Main Author: Ketteringham, Sean
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Architecture; Intellectual development; Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret) (1887-1965); Modernism; Modernity; United Kingdom > UK

This article addresses the ways in which the writings of Le Corbusier interacted with modernist architectural thought in Britain. It focusses on Frederick Etchells, who translated Vers une architecture in 1927, and analyses key influences upon his intellectual development and approach to design, nam...