{"product_id":"le-corbusier-on-camera-veronique-boone-9783035627305","title":"Le Corbusier on Camera: The Unknown Films of Ernest Weissmann","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFor the first time, still images of groundbreaking Swiss-French \u003cbr\u003earchitect, Le Corbusier, and others, filmed by fellow architect, Ernest \u003cbr\u003eWeissmann.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is based on amateur films, shot by the architect Ernest Weissmann (1903-1985) with a Pathé Motocamera in the years 1929-1933 at the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, among others. These films have never been published before and capture moments from Le Corbusier's life that have never been seen before. It also documents his friendships with Pierre Jeanneret, Josep Lluís Sert, Charlotte Perriand, Norman Rice, Kunio Maekawa, Sigfried Giedion and others. In six chapters, the book shows impressive stills of these films and places them in the respective historical and personal context of Le Corbusier in introductory texts. \u003cbr\u003eTwo introductions are devoted to the history of these films and Ernest Weissmann's life and his life-long relationship with Le Corbusier. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cbr\u003eA documentary treasure trove on the life of Le Corbusier \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Featuring 80 previously unpublished film stills \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Available as softcover (9783035627282), hardcover\u003cbr\u003e(9783035627299) and limited special edition with three photographic prints\u003cbr\u003e(9783035627305) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLe Corbusier\u003c\/b\u003e (1887-1965) is considered one of the most famous \u003cbr\u003evisionary architects and urban designers of the 20th century. With his \u003cbr\u003ecousin, he ran the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret from 1922 \u003cbr\u003euntil 1940. During this period, most of the practice's modernist villas \u003cbr\u003ewere built, and bigger works such as the Centrosoyus in Moscow, and the \u003cbr\u003eCité de Refuge and the Pavillon Suisse in Paris, realized. In parallel, \u003cbr\u003eLe Corbusier developed urban-design projects for such cities as Paris, \u003cbr\u003eAntwerp, Algiers, and Buenos Aires, and wrote extensively on his \u003cbr\u003earchitectural and urbanistic ideas. He continued the Atelier Le \u003cbr\u003eCorbusier on an individual base from 1940 on, with projects such as the \u003cbr\u003eUnités d'Habitation in Marseilles and in Nantes-Rezé, Briey, Firminy, \u003cbr\u003eand Berlin; the Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette; and the church\u003cbr\u003e of Notre-Dame du Haut Ronchamp. He designed the new state capital of \u003cbr\u003ethe north Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh, with its \u003cbr\u003erepresentative buildings, from 1951 on. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnest Weissmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (1903-1985) was a Croatian (then-Yugoslav) architect and \u003cbr\u003edeveloper\/planner. He graduated in architecture in Zagreb, and worked \u003cbr\u003efor Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Paris. He \u003cbr\u003ededicated his work to the development of the prefabricated \u003cbr\u003ehospital-building type and city planning viewed from social and economic\u003cbr\u003e points of view. He was an active member of the Congrès Internationaux \u003cbr\u003ed'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) from 1929 until 1947. From 1942 until \u003cbr\u003e1966, he worked for the United States Board of Economic Warfare and \u003cbr\u003eUnited Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Economic \u003cbr\u003eCommission, and Department of Economic and Social Affairs. At the UN, \u003cbr\u003eWeissmann was in charge of housing, building, and planning at a global \u003cbr\u003escale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Swiss Hardcover, linen\u003cbr\u003e- three special prints of film stills in a pochette\u003cbr\u003e- limited edition, hand numbered\u003cbr\u003e- color-coordinated threads on the spine (according to Le Corbusier's color palette of 1930)\u003cbr\u003e- books wrapped in glassine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Veronique Boone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3035627304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783035627305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Birkhauser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Veronique Boone","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45482626711807,"sku":"9783035627305","price":440.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3225547e-e57e-47f3-a525-7d1a0737485e.jpg?v=1715999081","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/le-corbusier-on-camera-veronique-boone-9783035627305","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}