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 de Woelmont Edouard de Woelmont Mgr. Edouard Charles Emannuel Ghislain, Count de Woelmont d'Hambraine (Namur, 1824-1871) was a Belgian prelate. He was the son of count Joseph de Woelmont d'Hambraine and Constance de Coppin de Conjoux (1790-1854), his brother Ferdinand de Woelmont was a member of the Belgian senate. In 1849 he assisted the needy when the Roman Republic was proclaimed, bringing the blessed sacrament to the suffering. He assisted Mgr. de Merode in the hospitals in Rome before he was sent to Constantinople. and was made a canon of Namur Cathedral in gratitude. For his efforts in the Crimean War he