A republication of the original book by Le Corbusier. "'The airplane is the symbol of the new age,' declared Le Corbusier in the introduction to this book, first published in 1935. 'A new state of modern conscience. ... [details]
Monograph on the work of Le Corbusier. Edited by Stamo Papadaki. Includes essays by Joseph Hudnut, S. Giedion, Fernand Léger, J.L. Sert, and James Thrall Soby. Includes appendix with biographical notes and bibliography. ... [details]
"This is the first scholarly and critical study of Le Corbusier's work as a whole. It organizes his ideas in terms of the basic themes - intellectual, artistic, and ideological - that characterize his contribution to modern art and architecture and illustrates these with over 200 line drawings and halftones. ... [details]
"Modern cities are threatened with suffocation. Industries whose wealth is essential but who pollutants can be fatal, bumper-to-bumper transportation systems, crowding, manic disproportions and crazed urban structures - no wonder the cities are decaying and hardly habitable. ... [details]
The first English edition of Le Corbusier's text The Athens Charter. With introductions by Josep Lluis Sert and Jean Giraudoux, translated by Anthony Eardley. "The Athens Charter was first published in Paris - clandestinely, its author anonymous, with an introduction by jean Giraudoux - in 1943, at the height of the Nazi occupation. ... [details]
"In the same way that Le Corbusier's Towards a New Architecture was the first presentation to the English public of the ideas behind the modern movement in architecture, this book, his second to be published in English, did pioneer work in expounded modern ideas of town and country planning. ... [details]
Critical text by Le Corbusier, translated into English by James Dunnett. "Among the most famous of Le Corbusier's works, this book first came out in 1925 as a companion volume to Towards a New Architecture and The City of Tomorrow, two of the most influential writings on architecture and town planning Le Corbusier produced. ... [details]
"The distinguished architect, the author of this book, has been in demand all over the world, not only as an architect, but as a lecturer on kindred subjects. His solutions to many of our problems have in the past seemed revolutionary, but nowadays many of his first tenets have become orthodox practice. ... [details]
"In this stimulating book Charles Jencks discusses Le Corbusier's career from its early beginnings in Switzerland to the final international years, setting his private life and public image, his theories and his relationships with one another. ... [details]
First volume in a four volume series highlighting the collected sketches of the Swiss-French architect, Le Corbusier. Preface by André Wogenscky, introduction by Maurice Besset, and notes by Françoise de Franclieu. ... [details]
