According to Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier was a Swiss - French architect which he was known for being one of the modern architects. He was a master in studying modern design with a better living conditions for the residents.

Towards a New Architecture, by Le Corbusier

First segment under Three Reminders to Architects

First Reminder : Mass

Le Corbusier had mentioned about shapes and forms in this topic. Primary forms had been agreed as great beautiful forms which are cubes, cones, spheres, cylinders, and pyramids. These forms had been involved with architecture for so many years, for example, the pyramids in Egypt. Egyptian, Greek, and Roman architecture are the architecture those primary forms while Gothic architecture used only an expression of simple forms and more on complex geometry of the second order.

Examples of different forms in different architectural approaches

CUBE

Zollverein School of Management and Design, Germany

The building is simply just a cube but what interests people is those tons of small square windows around the building. Those windows help with lighting as well as visual interest.

CONE

Midrand Water Tower, South Africa

It was designed as urban sculpture with a thought of functional and yet aesthetic structure. Capable of holding 6.5 megalitres, Southern hemisphere now have the largest water tower located in Midrand town, South Africa. The cone has 4 meters length in diameter stem with another 10 meters cube concrete base.

SPHERE

Dome of the Rock, Israel

It is the oldest existing Islamic building in the world located in Jerusalem, Israel. It is also known as the third sacred place for Muslims. The dome, or hemisphere, was widely used in Middle East to represent holy structures and as a place for worshipping and religious interactions.

CYLINDER

Faulx Les Tombes Castle, Belgium

The structure was built in 1872 by Hendrik Beyaert in a Gothic style. Big towers' shape is influenced by the primary form of cylindrical shape with an upside down cone on top of them.

PYRAMID

The pyramids of Menkaure, Khafre and Khufu, Egypt

The pyramidal shape was first invented by the Egyptians, as far from research, and mainly was constructed using stones. The shape consists of a square base with four subsided of triangle form, however, the steep of pyramids are vary.