Toward an Architecture Toward an Architecture Vers une architecture, recently translated into English as Toward an Architecture but commonly known as Towards a New Architecture after the 1927 translation by Frederick Etchells, is a collection of essays written by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), advocating for and exploring the concept of modern architecture. The book has had a lasting effect on the architectural profession, serving as the manifesto for a generation of architects, a subject of hatred for others, and unquestionably a critical piece of architectural theory. The architectural historian Reyner Banham wrote that its influence was "beyond that of any other architectural work
Edouard Wah Edouard Wah Edouard King Fong Wah (1938 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti – September 30, 2003 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti), better known as Edouard Wah, was a renowned Haitian painter. Wah was born and raised in the country's capital city of Port-au-Prince. Wah was of mixed ancestry: his mother was Haitian and his father was a Chinese immigrant. At the age of seven, while attending one of the best parochial schools of the capital, he received his first formal instruction in perspective and anatomy. To further enhance his natural abilities, his father had him tutored by one of Haiti's premier art teachers during