Le Corbusier
A revised and updated edition of a bestselling introduction to Le Corbusier, one of the leading architects of the twentieth century.

Le Corbusier is one of the most famous architects of the twentieth century. The richness and variety of his work combined with his passionately expressed philosophy of architecture have had an immense impact on the urban fabric and the way we live. Weaving through his long and prolific life are certain recurrent themes—his perennial drive toward new types of dwelling, such as the early white villas to the Unité d'Habitation at Marseilles; 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 architecture historian Kenneth Frampton reexamines all facets of the architect’s artistic and philosophical worldview in light of recent thinking and presents us with a Le Corbusier whose work is still relevant for the twenty-first century. This second edition of Le Corbusier features a new introduction and color illustrations.

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Le Corbusier
A revised and updated edition of a bestselling introduction to Le Corbusier, one of the leading architects of the twentieth century.

Le Corbusier is one of the most famous architects of the twentieth century. The richness and variety of his work combined with his passionately expressed philosophy of architecture have had an immense impact on the urban fabric and the way we live. Weaving through his long and prolific life are certain recurrent themes—his perennial drive toward new types of dwelling, such as the early white villas to the Unité d'Habitation at Marseilles; 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 architecture historian Kenneth Frampton reexamines all facets of the architect’s artistic and philosophical worldview in light of recent thinking and presents us with a Le Corbusier whose work is still relevant for the twenty-first century. This second edition of Le Corbusier features a new introduction and color illustrations.

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Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier

by Kenneth Frampton
Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier

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A revised and updated edition of a bestselling introduction to Le Corbusier, one of the leading architects of the twentieth century.

Le Corbusier is one of the most famous architects of the twentieth century. The richness and variety of his work combined with his passionately expressed philosophy of architecture have had an immense impact on the urban fabric and the way we live. Weaving through his long and prolific life are certain recurrent themes—his perennial drive toward new types of dwelling, such as the early white villas to the Unité d'Habitation at Marseilles; 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 architecture historian Kenneth Frampton reexamines all facets of the architect’s artistic and philosophical worldview in light of recent thinking and presents us with a Le Corbusier whose work is still relevant for the twenty-first century. This second edition of Le Corbusier features a new introduction and color illustrations.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780500204887
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 07/16/2024
Series: World of Art
Edition description: Second
Pages: 278
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Kenneth Frampton was born in 1930 and trained as an architect at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. From 1972 to 2019 he served as Ware professor of architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2018, he was awarded the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale. His publications include Studies in Tectonic Culture: the Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century ArchitectureLabour, Work and Architecture: Collected Essays on Architecture and DesignAmerican Masterworks: The Twentieth-Century HouseKengo Kuma: Complete WorksA Genealogy of Modern Architecture: Comparative Critical Analysis of Built FormModern Architecture: A Critical History; and Le Corbusier.

Table of Contents

Introduction6
1The Formative Years 1887-19168
2Towards a New Architecture 1917-192720
3The City of Tomorrow 1910-193346
4Decorative Art Today 1925-193758
5A House, A Palace 1923-192970
6World Architect: Czechoslovakia, Russia, Brazil, North Africa, North America, France and Switzerland 1928-193688
7The Politics of the Unpolitical: Le Corbusier and Saint-Simonian Technocracy 1923-1947116
8From Intermediate Technology to Regional Urbanization 1929-1946130
9Towards a New Habitat 1922-1960150
10The Sacred and the Profane: Le Corbusier and Spiritual Form 1948-1965167
11Passage to India 1950-1965184
12Le Poeme de l'Angle Droit200
13Fin d'un Monde: The Last Works 1939-1965214
Notes230
Bibliography234
Acknowledgments235
Index236
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