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quote:the-house-is-a-machine-for-living-inthe house is a machine for living in
Slogan attributed to Le Corbusier, cited as an artistic justification for machine-like building process.
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- Le CorbusiercitesArchitect whose appreciation of early industrial forms is cited as evidence that early industrial places had life.
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