Phaidon Press
2015
Le Corbusier (1887 -- 1965) has been one of the dominant forces in
twentieth-century architecture, and many of the forms he created have become
archetypes of Modernism. He was also a social visionary and a writer of
polemics, whose ideas have generated intense and partisan controversy.
This highly acclaimed book provides a comprehensive and objective survey that
puts Le Corbusier's career in a more balanced perspective. Making full use of
the Le Corbusier archive, the author documents individual projects in detail
while linking the imaginative activities of the artist to his philosophy of
life, to his urban visions, to his art and to the cultural predicaments of his
times.
240 p., 28 x 22 cm
