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architects, urban planners, and theorists, containing approximately 2,000 images and documents of which many previously unpublished,
The book feature Le Corbusier 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.
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architects, urban planners, and theorists, containing approximately 2,000 images and documents of which many previously unpublished,
The book feature Le Corbusier 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. With an 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