Classical absurdity

Corbusier observed that the requirements of flight of necessity rid airplanes of all superfluous decoration and so unwittingly transformed them into successful pieces of architecture. To place a Classical statue atop a house was as absurd as to add one to a plane, he noted, but at least by crashing in response to this addition, the plane had the advantage of rendering its absurdity starkly manifest.

  1. ​​Shorten the wings​​
  2. ​​Towards a New Architecture​​
  3. ​​Form follows function​​