Le Corbusier (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780500203415)

Le Corbusier is probably the most famous and certainly the most controversial architect of the twentieth century. His impact on the urban fabric around us and on the way we live has been gigantic because of the richness and variety of his work and his passionately expressed philosophy of architecture. Weaving through his long and prolific life are certain recurrent themeshis perennial drive toward new types of dwelling, from the early white villas to the Unite d'Habitation at Marseille; his evolving concepts of urban form, including the Plan Voisin of 1925 with its cruciform towers imposed on the city of Paris and his work at Chandigarh in India; and his belief in a new technocratic order. The distinguished critic and historian Kenneth Frampton reexamines all these facets of his artistic and philosophical worldview in the light of recent discoveries, and presents us with a Le Corbusier for the twenty-first century. 200 b/w illustrations.

Author: Kenneth Frampton
ISBN-10: 0500203415
ISBN-13: 9780500203415
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2001
Pages: 242
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.51d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/11/2001 pg. 79