Hardback
331 x 437 mm, 13 x 17 1/4 in
768 pp
1000 colour illustrations
1000 black and white illustrations
ISBN 0714846686
Le Corbusier Le Grand
A spectacular visual biography of one of the greatest architects of the 20th century.
By Phaidon Editors, introductory essay by Jean-Louis Cohen
- A spectacular visual biography of the life and work of Le Corbusier (1887–1965), one of Modernism's most influential architects, urban planners, and theorists
- Approximately 2,000 images and documents, many previously unpublished, feature his major built works, urban plans, paintings, publications, and furniture as well as sketches, archival photographs, and personal correspondence
- Rarely seen photographs and correspondence shed new light on Le Corbusier’s relationships with Josephine Baker, Eileen Gray, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Prouvé, and many others
- Insightful introductory essay by France’s most authoritative architectural historian and critic, Jean-Louis Cohen, and incisive chapter introductions by highly regarded Le Corbusier scholar Tim Benton
- The same grandly oversized format as Warhol "Giant Size"
- Visit the feature website at www.phaidon.com/lecorbusier
Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is one of the giants of twentieth-century architecture and design. Born Charles Edouard Jeanneret in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the self-named Le Corbusier was not only the creator of some of the most important and impressive buildings of the last century--Villa Savoye at Poissy, the Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamp, the Parliament Building in Chandigarh, India--he was also an accomplished painter, sculptor, furniture designer, urbanist, and author. His work and social theories continue to be a dominant force in the world of architecture and design, while his elegant bearing, typified by his round black eyeglasses, which are still today a signature look for architects around the world, helped cast him as an heroic figure out of Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead.
Drawing on an array of archival material, including sketches, photographs, and correspondences, Le Corbusier Le Grand depicts in roughly chronological order not only the vast and varied output of Le Corbusier, but also the major events, people, and forces that shaped the life of an artist who continues to fascinate those in and outside the architectural world.
Jean-Louis Cohen is undoubtedly France's most authoritative and knowledgeable historian of twentieth-century architecture and urbanism. He divides his time between Paris and New York, where he is the Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at the Institute of Fine Arts of NYU University.
Tim Benton, a highly regarded Le Corbusier scholar, is a Lecturer in the History of Art, Open University, Milton Keynes, England.
The Ultimate Reference Book
Uchendu
Any effort at recording Le Corbusier's works shall be well received because of the passion and energy Le Corbusier put in every line he drew. This is more so because he saw beyond his time. His urban design concepts are shaping today's cities in every part of the world. His work continues to define the agenda and direction for the architecture of human habitations. He set the pace for going green with the detailing for energy conservation and natural ventilation. He was to architecture, what Einstein was to physics and this will be the ultimate reference book on architecture...