Le Corbusier : ideas and forms / William J.R. Curtis.
| Author/creator | Curtis, William J. R. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication | London ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press Limited, 2015. |
| Copyright Date | ©2015 |
| Description | 511 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Introduction: Notes to Invention -- [Part] 1. The formative years of Charles Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1922 -- II. Architectural ideals and social realities, 1922-1944 -- III. The ancient sense: late works, 1945-1965 -- IV. Principals and transformations. |
| Summary | Le Corbusier (1887-1965) has been one of the dominant forces in twentieth-century architecture, and many of the forms he created have become archetypes of modernism. But he was also a social visionary and a writer of polemics, whose ideas have generated intense and partisan controversy. Now fully updated with new scholarship and contemporary research, 'Le Corbusier: Ideas and forms' provides a comprehensive and unbiased survey that puts Le Corbusier in a balanced perspective and analyses his work from a contemporary context. |
| General note | Previous edition: New York: Rizzoli, 1986. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 476-503) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780714868943 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0714868949 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | NA1053 .J4 C8 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |