The Radiant City Le Corbusier’s advocacy of what he had come to call the “Radiant City” continued to his death, and in the 1960s he published his most complete vision, drawn with seductive elegance and insanely mesmerizing to the generation of architects teaching in my school days, for whom possession of a Corb drawing or painting was tantamount to owning a relic of the True Cross. Michael Sorkin, 20 Minutes in Manhattan utopia
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Soft is something to do with... Responsiveness Ease Comfort Sharing Plurality Simplicity Smallness Appealing to the senses Calm Trust Consideration Invitation Ecology It is about ease, comfort, and care in everyday life.